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Canadian Suspect Arrested Over Snowflake Customer Breach and Extortion Attacks

Canadian law enforcement authorities have arrested Alexander Moucka, also known as Judische and Waifu, suspecting him of a series of hacks following the breach of Snowflake data warehousing platform earlier this year. Moucka is thought to be associated with the financially motivated threat group called UNC5537, which had reportedly targeted companies including AT&T, LendingTree, and Ticketmaster. The US Department of Justice also accused Moucka and another hacker of breaching Snowflake, stealing and selling sensitive customer data, and possibly ransoming data for Bitcoins.

Source: thehackernews.com –

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