Executive Summary

A 22‑year‑old former U.S. Army soldier, Cameron John Wagenius, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $294,978 restitution after conspiring to hack telecommunications companies, steal sensitive records, and extort the firms by threatening to release data that included information on a U.S. government official.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: DataBreaches.net - Published Date: 2026-09-28T15:23:57+00:00 - Category: data-breaches

Original Description: September 25 – U.S. Department of Justice: Cameron John Wagenius, 22, a former Army soldier who was most recently stationed in Texas, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $294,978 in restitution for conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies’ databases, access sensitive records, and extort the companies by threatening to... Source

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