Former Army soldier pleads guilty to widespread attack spree linked to AT&T, Snowflake and others

Former Army soldier pleads guilty to widespread attack spree linked to AT&T, Snowflake and others
A 21-year-oldformer Army soldier pleaded guiltyTuesday to charges stemming from a series of attacks and extortion attempts last year on telecommunications companies, including AT&T. Cameron John Wagenius, who identified himself as “kiberphant0m” and “cyb3rph4nt0m” on online criminal forums, conducted extensive malicious activity for years, including while he was on active duty, the Justice Department said. Wagenius pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud, extortion in relation to compu...

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