Cyber Crime

Canadian hacker suspected in Snowflake data breaches arrested after months of high-profile attacks

For more than a week Judische, the hacker linked to the AT&T, Ticketmaster and other breaches, has not been responding to messages. That's because he's been arrested.

Canadian authorities have arrested a man suspected of executing a series of major data breaches targeting Snowflake instances, affecting companies such as AT&T, Ticketmaster, and LendingTree. The arrest follows a months-long investigation involving international law enforcement, with cybersecurity researchers attributing over 165 breaches to a hacker known as Judische and Waifu.

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