FORMER U.S. SOLDIER SENTENCED FOR HACKING AND EXTORTION SCHEME THAT EXPOSED SENSITIVE DATA OF U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL

SEATTLE, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Seattle Field Office issued the following press release:

Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock ( Lock Locked padlock ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.Archived NewsCameron John Wagenius, 22, a former Army soldier who was most recently stationed in Texas, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $294,978 in restitution for conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies' databases, access sensitive records, and extort the companies...