🚨 🇺🇸 Former U.S. soldier "kiberphant0m" sentenced to 70 months for telecom hacking and extortion
Cameron John Wagenius, 22, has been sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $294,978 in restitution.
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The Justice Department says Wagenius and his co-conspirators targeted at least 10 organizations and attempted to extort at least $1 million.
The activity occurred while he was serving on active duty in the U.S. Army.
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Investigators say the group obtained network credentials using several methods, including a tool called SSH Brute that Wagenius helped develop.
They coordinated through Telegram and threatened to publish stolen datasets on BreachForums and XSS.
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In November 2024, Wagenius posted confidential call records belonging to a government official and relatives of another former official, then threatened further disclosures unless a ransom was paid.
The records contained call details, not the contents of conversations.
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Some stolen data was also sold and used in other fraud, including SIM-swapping.