21-year-old former US soldier pleads guilty to hacking, extorting telecoms

Keypoints

• Cameron Wagenius, a U.S. Army soldier, committed cybercrimes involving telecom data theft.
• He and co-conspirators targeted companies like AT&T and T-Mobile for ransom and extortion.
• Stolen data was sold on forums like BreachForums and XSS.is, sometimes used for schemes like SIM swapping.
• Wagenius attempted to sell information to foreign intelligence and sought to defect from the U.S. military.
• He faced charges including wire fraud, extortion, and identity theft, with sentencing scheduled for October 6.