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A drudge suspected of participation in a series of massiveSnowflake - related hackshas been arrest in Canada , according to local authorities .
Ian McLeod , a interpreter for the Canadian Department of Justice , severalize TechCrunch in an email that , “ following a asking by the United States , Alexander Moucka ( a.k.a . Connor Moucka ) was turn back on a tentative arrest warrant on Wednesday October 30 , 2024 . ”
For month , hackers stole internal data from lots of companies , includingAT&T , Ticketmaster , Advanced Auto Parts , andaround 165 other corporate customerswho use Snowflake , a caller that furnish cloud religious service and datum analysis to other companies . The hackers steal huge sum of often in person identifiable and sensitive corporate data that companies stash away in Snowflake , in part byusing watchword steal from employee reckoner with malware . Because Snowflake did not command its client to apply multi - factor authentication on their accounts , the hackers were able-bodied to dampen in and slip big volume of data using just the employee passwords .
The drudge , who used the monikers Waifu and Judische , recount 404 Medialast calendar month that they were expecting to be catch presently . 404 MediareportedMoucka ’s stoppage on Monday .
“ I ’ve destroyed a lot of grounds and well poisoned the stuff I ca n’t destruct so when / if it does materialise it ’s just conspiracy which I can bond out and beat , ” Judische , the cyberpunk who claimed the Snowflake hacks , say the independent news websitelast month .
McLeod pronounce that Moucka appear in court of justice on October 30 and “ his case was retire to Tuesday November 5 , 2024 . ” McLeod declined to comment on a potential extradition to the United States .
Google voice Mark Karayan said Moucka was the hacker responsible for the Snowflake breaches .
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“ With his co - conspirator , John Binns , having been arrested by Turkish authorities to begin with this year as well , this means that both threat actors responsible for this campaign are now finally in hands , ” Karayan say , referring to the arrest of the 21 - year - old American drudge whotold The Wall Street Journalthat he was behind the AT&T hack .
Austin Larsen , a senior threat analyst at Google ’s cybersecurity firm Mandiant , who has been investigating the Snowflake hacker , said that “ Alexander ‘ Connor ’ Moucka has proven to be one of the most consequential threat actor of 2024 . ”
“ This arrest serve as a balk to cybercriminals and reinforces that their actions have serious upshot , ” said Larsen .
The U.S. Department of Justice did not reply to a petition for comment .
This floor has been update to include statements from Google .
