Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions
2026-08-07T13:23:23Z•c384b593769d54924577043f225227f92b5a482bc38c1bf81e9652ac1ddf5aa1
AT&TAndroidCISAGitHub-leakMicrosoft-Patch-TuesdayNetNutPopaScattered-SpiderSnowflakeThe-Gentlemenaccount-takeoveradvertising-fraudbotnetcloud-securitycredential-exposurecybercrimedata-breachextortionlaw-enforcementransomwareresidential-proxythreat-intelligence
What happened
KrebsOnSecurity feed covering major cybercrime, botnet, residential proxy, ransomware, data breach, vulnerability disclosure, and law-enforcement activity. Notable topics include Snowflake-related extortion affecting more than 165 organizations, theft of AT&T customer call and text records, the Popa Android botnet and NetNut residential proxy infrastructure, a large Microsoft security update, exposed CISA credentials, and Scattered Spider prosecutions.
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