U.S. Soldier Gets 70 Months in Prison for AT&T, Verizon Extortions
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A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to hacking into multiple telecommunications companies and stealing mobile call and text metadata for more than 100 million AT&T customers in 2024 was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison to…
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