Snowflake Breach: Canadian Pleads Guilty to 165-Organization Data Theft, 100 Million Individuals Affected

On **August 5, 2026**, **Connor Riley Moucka**, 26, pleaded guilty in a US federal court for his role in breaching **Snowflake** customer accounts. With accomplice **John Erin Binns**, he exfiltrated terabytes of data from **165 organizations** by exploiting absent **MFA**. The verdict lands two years after the facts — the lesson for cloud teams is unequivocal.