Former US soldier gets nearly six-year sentence for hacking, extorting telecoms
Ex-soldier Cameron Wagenius was sentenced to 70 months for hacking and extorting US telecoms.
Cameron John Wagenius, 22, a former active-duty US Army soldier, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $295,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to wire fraud, extortion, and aggravated identity theft. From April 2023 through December 18, 2024, while stationed in South Korea and at Fort Cavazos, he and others used a tool called SSH Brute to breach at least 10 organizations and steal call, text, and identity records. They sought at least $1 million in ransoms and advertised data on BreachForums and XSS.is. Prosecutors said he also tried to sell stolen information to a foreign military intelligence service; the case is linked to 2024 intrusions at more than 100 Snowflake customers, including AT&T.