The Record reports:
A Canadian national is facing decades in prison for participating in the hacking of data storage platform Snowflake.
Connor Riley Moucka, 26, pleaded guilty to computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and a related conspiracy on Wednesday in a Washington state federal court. He will be sentenced on October 27 and is facing up to 32 years in prison.
Moucka and others used stolen login credentials to breach Snowflake and steal troves of information from at least 165 companies.
The hackers stole billions of files from large companies including AT&T, Ticketmaster, Advance Auto Parts, one of the largest school districts in the U.S., Neiman Marcus, Santander, LendingTree and more.
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Claims that Moucka is facing 32 years in prison are based on assuming he is sentenced to the maximum sentence for each of the four counts he has pleaded guilty to. He faces a maximum of five years each for the computer fraud and conspiracy charges, a maximum of 20 years for wire fraud, and then a two-year mandatory sentence for aggravated identity theft, which cannot be served concurrently with other sentences and must be served after the other sentences. It is unlikely that he will be sentenced to the maximum on each of the three counts and likely that they will be served concurrently.
Moucka was arrested in Canada in 2024 but agreed to be extradited to the U.S.
