Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty: Over 100M Records Exposed in $2.5M Extortion Spree
TechNadu · x · 2026-08-08
Connor Moucka has pleaded guilty to the massive Snowflake data breach that compromised over 165 corporate environments and exposed the records of more than 100 million individuals.
Prosecutors detailed that Moucka personally netted $495,000, while the broader extortion operation amassed over $2.5 million in ransom payments.
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