Ex Army Soldier Attempted to Sell Hacked Data to Foreign Intelligence

Cybersecurity23 days ago

Cameron John Wagenius researched methods to defect to Russia and offered sensitive stolen data to a foreign espionage agency prior to his arrest in December 2024. The 22 year old former U.S. Army soldier conducted a years long cybercrime spree that included operating from an active duty base in Texas, according to investigators.

Wagenius is serving a 70 month federal prison sentence and must pay $294,978 in restitution for stealing call and text metadata from over 100 million AT&T customers. His group targeted at least 10 organizations and attempted to extort at least $1M, although Wagenius personally earned only about $1,500 from sales. While awaiting sentencing, he used other inmates' email accounts to access a commercial AI tool to generate exploit code and research prison escapes, prosecutors say.

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Ex Army Soldier Attempted to Sell Hacked Data to Foreign Intelligence

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45%Case Stays Contained+0.0%
25%Espionage Probe Widens-0.2%
20%Regulatory Crackdown Follows+0.1%

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