Executive Summary

A U.S. Army soldier pleaded guilty to hacking AT&T and Verizon in 2024, stealing mobile call and text metadata for over 100 million customers. He was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: Krebs on Security - Published Date: 2026-09-25T21:44:40+00:00 - Category: threat-intel

Original Description: A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to hacking into multiple telecommunications companies and stealing mobile call and text metadata for more than 100 million AT&T customers in 2024 was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison today and ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution to victims.

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