Suspect behind Snowflake data-theft attacks arrested in Canada

Canadian authorities have arrested a man suspected of having stolen the data of hundreds of millions after targeting over 165 organizations, all of them customers of cloud storage company Snowflake.

According to Canada's Department of Justice, Alexander "Connor" Moucka (aka "Waifu" and "Judische") was taken into custody on Wednesday at the request of the United States and is scheduled to appear in court again today, as first reported by Bloomberg and confirmed by 404 Media.

"Following a request by the United States, Alexander Moucka (a.k.a. Connor Moucka) was arrested on a provisional arrest warrant on Wednesday October 30, 2024," Ian McLeod, a spokesperson for Canada's Department of Justice, told BleepingComputer on Tuesday.

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