American Soldier Indicted for Hacking Trump, Harris Phone Records

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A recently unsealed indictment released this week informs us that a United States Army soldier has been indicted for the illegal selling of phone records, including, allegedly, records belonging to President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

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A U.S. Army soldier has been charged with selling confidential phone records.

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

Wagenius was a soldier at Fort Cavazos in Texas. Court records didn’t specify his rank.

At age 20, this is a junior NCO at most. As of this writing, there's no information on Wagenius's Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) or whether it has anything to do with cybersecurity. The hacking appears to be a personal effort.

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

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

The indictment didn't give details on the hacking.

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It seems uncertain as to why, if the Trump and Harris call logs were not yet verified as genuine, the indictment still took place.


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While this is a civilian indictment, it's possible that Wagenius could also face charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ.) The UCMJ, in Section 906a. ARTICLE 106a. Espionage states in part:

(a) (1) Any person subject to this chapter who, with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation, communicates, delivers, or transmits, or attempts to communicate, deliver, or transmit, to any entity described in paragraph (2), either directly or indirectly, any thing described in paragraph (3) shall be punished as a court-martial may direct

Paragraph 3 states in part:

(3) A thing refereed to in paragraph (1) is a document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, note, instrument, appliance or information relating to the national defense.

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That's a pretty broad definition, and hacked phone records would appear to fall under "information." And it is perhaps belaboring the obvious to note that the personal phone records, if this is the case, of a vice president and the president-elect could be used to the injury of the United States.

Wagenius's parent unit, III Armored Corps, made a brief statement:

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."

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

This is a developing story. We will bring you updates as events warrant.

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