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Cloud Security2 min readAugust 6, 2026

Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions

A Canadian man pleaded guilty to extorting multiple companies by exploiting stolen credentials to access their Snowflake cloud databases and threatening to publicly release sensitive data. Organizations using Snowflake should immediately audit access logs

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