--- title: Snowflake attacker pleads guilty to hack of 165... description: Canadian hacker Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty to participating in a group that breached 165 organizations by exploiting stolen login credentials to access... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/snowflake-attacker-pleads-guilty-to-hack-of-165-companies-data-coejulixh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Snowflake attacker pleads guilty to hack of 165 companies’ data | daily.dev og:description: Canadian hacker Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty to participating in a group that breached 165 organizations by exploiting stolen login credentials to access... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/snowflake-attacker-pleads-guilty-to-hack-of-165-companies-data-coejulixh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/COEJulixh.png og:image:alt: Snowflake attacker pleads guilty to hack of 165 companies’ data og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Snowflake attacker pleads guilty to hack of 165 companies’ data **[CSO Online](https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Canadian hacker Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty to participating in a group that breached 165 organizations by exploiting stolen login credentials to access data stored in Snowflake's cloud platform. The attacks resulted in the theft of billions of sensitive customer records and terabytes of data, with victims including AT&T, Ticketmaster, and Neiman Marcus. Moucka and co-conspirators extorted millions of dollars from victims. He faces 2 to 30 years in prison. The investigation was a coordinated international effort led by the FBI with contributions from law enforcement agencies in Canada, Australia, Spain, Ukraine, and Turkey. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many companies were affected by the Snowflake credential-based hacking campaign? At least 165 organizations were compromised. Attackers used stolen login credentials to access data hosted on Snowflake's cloud platform, stealing billions of sensitive customer records and terabytes of information. Victims included AT&T, Ticketmaster, and the Neiman Marcus Group. The group also extorted millions of dollars from victims. _Teams securing cloud data warehouses like Snowflake track incidents like this on daily.dev to stay ahead of credential-based attack patterns._ ### What sentence does Connor Riley Moucka face for the Snowflake hacking case? Connor Riley Moucka faces between 2 and 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to his role in hacking over 150 companies, stealing billions of sensitive customer records, and extorting victims for millions of dollars. The case was prosecuted by the Justice Department's Criminal Division following an international investigation led by the FBI. _Developers and security teams following high-profile cloud breach prosecutions find coverage like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Snowflake customers hit in data theft attacks after SaaS integrator breach](https://daily.dev/posts/snowflake-customers-hit-in-data-theft-attacks-after-saas-integrator-breach-v9c1wyxhi) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [One criminal stole info from 50 orgs thanks to no MFA](https://daily.dev/posts/one-criminal-stole-info-from-50-orgs-thanks-to-no-mfa-h2ehlpe08) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial – Krebs on Security](https://daily.dev/posts/scattered-spider-hackers-plead-guilty-on-day-1-of-trial-krebs-on-security-eswb9yo0b) · Krebs on Security · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#data-breach](https://daily.dev/tags/data-breach), [#snowflake](https://daily.dev/tags/snowflake) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/snowflake-attacker-pleads-guilty-to-hack-of-165-companies-data-coejulixh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Snowflake attacker pleads guilty to hack of 165 companies’ data","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/snowflake-attacker-pleads-guilty-to-hack-of-165-companies-data-coejulixh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/snowflake-attacker-pleads-guilty-to-hack-of-165-companies-data-coejulixh"},"datePublished":"2026-08-07T13:26:34.323Z","dateModified":"2026-08-07T14:07:37.328Z","description":"Canadian hacker Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty to participating in a group that breached 165 organizations by exploiting stolen login credentials to access...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6114cfd261c0e90ecface8667bf27973?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6114cfd261c0e90ecface8667bf27973?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"CSO Online","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"CSO Online","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/98667e4b5cac46cf9c470819c6cf71cd","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/snowflake-attacker-pleads-guilty-to-hack-of-165-companies-data-coejulixh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,data-breach,snowflake","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CSO Online","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Snowflake attacker pleads guilty to hack of 165 companies’ data"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/snowflake-attacker-pleads-guilty-to-hack-of-165-companies-data-coejulixh#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How many companies were affected by the Snowflake credential-based hacking campaign?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"At least 165 organizations were compromised. 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