U.S. Soldier Detained After Allegedly Posting Hacked Call Records of Trump and Harris.
It is reported that they collaborated with the hacker responsible for the Snowflake breaches.
A United States Army soldier has been arrested and charged with his alleged involvement in a hacking scheme aimed at selling and distributing stolen phone records. The indictment claims that 20-year-old Cameron John Wagenius knowingly sold "confidential phone records" through online forums and other communication platforms last November.
Although the indictment does not specify the hacked materials, it has been reported that Wagenius may be linked to a series of high-profile data breaches associated with the online alias "Kiberphant0m." This individual claimed to have hacked into 15 telecommunications companies and was collaborating with the person allegedly responsible for the data breaches known as Snowflake to sell the stolen information.
In November, Kiberphant0m posted what he claimed were AT&T call records of then-president-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. The authenticity of this data has not been confirmed, though AT&T did suffer a massive theft of customer information during the Snowflake account breaches last year. In 2023, the hacker was attributed with selling "remote access credentials for a major U.S. defense contractor."
It has been reported that Wagenius was working in communications at an Army base in South Korea. Following the alleged leak of the data involving Trump and Harris, an analysis of Kiberphant0m's online communications led to the conclusion that he was likely a U.S. soldier. In a later report, Wagenius's mother was interviewed, confirming her son's connection to the alleged Snowflake hacker.
Cybersecurity experts have faced harassment while trying to uncover the identity of Kiberphant0m. Allison Nixon, a lead researcher at the cybersecurity firm Unit 221B, made a notable statement regarding this issue: “Anonymously extorting the president and vice president while being in the military is a bad idea, but it’s even worse to harass those who specialize in de-anonymizing cybercriminals.”