US soldier arrested for allegedly posting hacked phone call records between Trump and Harris

The United States has arrested a US Army soldier and charged him with participating in a hacking scheme to sell and distribute stolen phone records. According to the indictment, 20-year-old Cameron John Wagenius allegedly knowingly sold “confidential telephone records” on online forums and other communication platforms last November.

The indictment does not detail what was hacked, but krebs on security report Wagenius appears to be involved in a series of high-profile data breaches involving the online alias “Kiberphant0m.” Kiberphant0m claimed to have hacked 15 telecommunications companies and sold the stolen information in collaboration with the person allegedly behind the Snowflake data breach.

In November, Kiberphant0m posted what it claimed were AT&T call records between President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. It’s not clear if the data is real, but AT&T suffered a major theft of customer data last year as part of the Snowflake breach. In 2023, hackers are also suspected of selling “remote access credentials for a major U.S. defense contractor,” according to the report. Krebs.

Krebs Wagenius reports that he was working on communications at an army base in South Korea. In response to allegations of data leaks involving Trump and Harris, Krebs I dived deep We have investigated Kiberphant0m’s online communications and determined that they are likely U.S. soldiers. In this latest report, Krebs A conversation with Wagenius’ mother confirmed Wagenius’ connection to the Snowflake hacker suspect.

Cybersecurity experts were reportedly harassed for trying to trace Kiberphant0m’s identity, resulting in the surprise of Allison Nixon, principal investigator at cybersecurity firm Unit 221B, which participated in the study. A quotation was born. “It’s a bad idea to anonymously blackmail the president and vice president as members of the military,” Nixon said. Krebs“But harassing people who specialize in anonymizing cybercriminals is an even worse idea.”