Security News > 2020 > June > Man Accused of Hacking University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Gets Arrested
The alleged hacker who breached the human resource databases of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2014 was arrested this week in Detroit, the Department of Justice announced.
The man, Justin Sean Johnson, aka "TDS" and "DS," 29, was indicted on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity and is believed to have sold exfiltrated personally identifiable information and W-2 information on the dark web.
Johnson is accused of infiltrating the human resource server databases at UPMC in January 2014, as well as of stealing information he later sold on dark web forums.
"Justin Johnson stands accused of stealing the names, Social Security numbers, addresses and salary information of every employee of Pennsylvania's largest health care system," said US Attorney Scott W. Brady.
"After his hack, Johnson then sold UPMC employees' PII to buyers around the world on dark web marketplaces, who in turn engaged in massive campaign of further scams and theft. His theft left over 65,000 victims vulnerable to years of potential financial fraud."