Ex-US soldier gets 70 months for role in AT&T, Snowflake data thefts
2026-09-28T08:51:40Z•c917f84e51f46e7f19850636de28a1a2210ed63e29dca52f676e2b52b3c39b06
AI agent securityAI governanceAT&TMacSyncSnowflakecloud securitycredential theftcryptocurrency theftdata breachdetection engineeringextortioniCloud CalendarinfostealermacOS malwaresupply chain security
What happened
Help Net Security coverage includes a former U.S. soldier sentenced to 70 months for involvement in 2024 Snowflake customer-account compromises affecting more than 165 organizations and associated extortion, along with reporting on AI-agent memory risks, governance, detection coverage gaps, and MacSync infostealing malware that abuses iCloud Calendar to hide commands and steal credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and files.
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