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Snowflake extortionist admits 165-victim cloud crime spree – and squeezing one target twice

via The Register·independent coverage, not Tech Spindle reporting
Why this ranksCrime Legal
33TS ScoreImpact + Innovation, combined
IMPACT65
INNOVATION0

Our take: Major security incident; not tech innovation, crime prosecution news

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A Canadian conspirator in the Snowflake-linked data theft campaign pleaded guilty to charges related to compromising over 165 organizations and extorting approximately $2.5 million in ransom, including returning to squeeze at least one victim twice.

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TechnologySecurityEnterprisePublished Aug 6, 2:00 PM
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