Man Arrested For Allegedly Hacking UPMC, Stealing Every Employee's Personal Information
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A man from Michigan has been arrested and indicted in the infamous hack of UPMC where data from more than 65,000 workers was stolen.
Prosecutors say 29-year-old Justin Johnson hacked into UPMC's human resources server in 2014.
He allegedly stole the names, social security numbers, addresses and salary information of every UPMC employee -- more than 65,000 in all.
They say Johnson then sold that information on the dark web. Using that information, criminals filed false tax returns to the tune of $1.7 million in refunds.
The government is trying to detain Johnson until trial.
