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‘Dearthy Star’ pleads guilty to selling info of 65K health care employees

Justin Sean Johnson, a 30-year-old from Detroit, Michigan, has pleaded guilty to stealing the personally identifiable information (PII) of 65,000 employees of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and selling it on the dark web. Johnson was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft in a forty-three count indictment filed last year, in May 2020. Johnson sold the data he stole on dark web marketplaces like Evolution and AlphaBay Market to buyers who used it to fraudulently file federal income tax returns.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dearthy-star-pleads-guilty-to-selling-info-of-65k-health-care-employees/

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