An Ontario man has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to helping carry out a 2024 cyberattack that exposed the personal information of at least 100 million people and generated more than US$2.5 million in ransom payments.
Connor Riley Moucka, 26, of Kitchener, Ont., entered the guilty plea on Aug. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle, according to an Aug. 5 release by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Moucka pleaded guilty to wire fraud, computer fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy charges pertaining to the hacking campaign that prosecutors say took place between February and October 2024 against at least 165 clients of a U.S.-based cloud storage platform….