(justice.gov) Former U.S. Soldier Sentenced for Multi-Year Cybercrime Spree Involving Telecommunications Hacking and Extortion In brief - This article details the sentencing of Cameron John Wagenius, a former U.S. Army soldier, to 70 months in prison for conspiring to hack telecommunications companies and extort them using stolen sensitive data. Technically - This article describes a cybercrime campaign where the defendant, using the alias 'kiberphant0m', utilized a custom-developed hacking tool called 'SSH Brute' to obtain login credentials for protected computer networks. The attackers coordinated via Telegram to transfer credentials and targeted telecommunications databases to steal non-content call detail records, which were subsequently used for SIM-swapping frauds and leaked on cybercrime forums such as BreachForums and XSS.is. Source: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-soldier-sentenced-hacking-and-extortion-scheme-exposed-sensitive-data-us #Cybersecurity