US Army soldier charged in alleged hacking of Trump and Harris phone records

TO us army soldier has been accused of selling confidential phone records.

Cameron John Wagenius, 20, was charged by federal authorities in Texas with two counts of unlawful transfer of confidential information from telephone records on Dec. 20 and the accusation was revealed this week.

Wagenius was a soldier at Fort Cavazos in Texas. Court records do not specify his rank.

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It was allegedly linked to the online handle Kiberphant0m, which was part of several high-profile data breaches, including the Snowflake data hack, and which claimed to have hacked the phone records of President-elect Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Reuters reported. , quoting Brian Krebs, cybersecurity journalist. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images; Annabelle Gordon/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

It was allegedly linked to the online handle Kiberphant0m, which was part of several high-profile data breaches, including the Snowflake data hack, and which it claimed to have hacked. President-elect Trump and the phone records of Vice President Kamala Harris, Reuters reported, citing cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs.

Alleged AT&T call logs for 2024 presidential candidates were posted online in November, according to The Verge, which noted that the call logs had not been verified to be genuine.

The prosecution did not provide details about the hack.

Illustration of a scammer hacking someone’s phone (Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson)

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The indictment accuses Wagenius of selling “confidential phone records” online.

“We are aware of the arrest of a Fort Cavazos soldier,” Fort Cavazos told Fox News Digital. “III Armored Corps will continue to cooperate with all law enforcement agencies as appropriate.”

“We are aware of the arrest of a Fort Cavazos soldier,” Fort Cavazos told Fox News Digital. “III Armored Corps will continue to cooperate with all law enforcement agencies as appropriate.” (US Army)

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Department of Justice for comment.

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Wagenius will be extradited to Seattle, where the case is being handled.

Reuters contributed to this report.