Cybersecurity firm Mandiant is actively tracking down the hacker known as Judische, who orchestrated the significant Snowflake breach affecting Ticketmaster, AT&T, Lending Tree, and over 165 other companies.

According to 404 Media, Judische claims to have earned approximately $2 million through data theft and extortion schemes. The hacker has released stolen data from non-compliant companies, including Ticketmaster tickets for Taylor Swift's 'The Eras Tour.'

Judische's operational mistakes, including revealing his system's hostname in proof-of-deletion videos, have helped investigators track his activities. Mandiant's senior threat analyst, Austin Larsen, successfully located and shutdown servers hosting stolen data.

Key developments in the investigation:

• AT&T paid $370,000 in ransom
• Judische demanded $8 million from Ticketmaster
• Servers traced from Moldova to Ukraine, where authorities seized them
• Mandiant profile suggests the hacker is a male in his 20s, likely based in Canada
• Investigation involves both U.S. and international law enforcement

While Judische dismisses concerns about "civilian law enforcement," Mandiant continues to coordinate with authorities to apprehend the hacker, who has shown interests in video games, geopolitics, and catgirls.

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