Hacker suspected in massive Ticketmaster, AT&T breaches arrested in Canada

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Authorities arrested a Canadian man suspected of carrying out attacks on dozens of companies using Snowflake’s cloud storage system.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.

Nov 5, 2024, 2:15 PM UTC

Authorities in Canada have arrested a man suspected of stealing information from around 165 companies using Snowflake’s cloud storage services, according to reports from Bloomberg and 404 Media.

The Canadian Department of Justice confirmed to 404 Media that it arrested Alexander “Connor” Moucka on October 30th following a request from the US government. “He appeared in court later that afternoon and his case was adjourned to Tuesday November 5, 2024,” a spokesperson told 404 Media. Canada’s Department of Justice didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s request for more information.

In May, Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation revealed that it had suffered a massive data breach after alleged customer information was posted for sale on hacking forums. However, that was only the first of many breaches to come to light, with other companies with ties to Snowflake, including AT&T, Santander Bank, Advanced Auto Parts, and Lending Tree subsidiary Quote Wizard later disclosing security incidents affecting millions of customers.

Following an investigation, the Google-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant found that a “financially motivated threat actor” had stolen a “significant volume of data” from about 165 Snowflake customers using compromised login credentials. It didn’t find any evidence that Snowflake itself was breached.

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