A former Michigan man being housed in Butler County Prison admitted in federal court Thursday to hacking UPMC's human resources systems and selling employees' identities on the dark web.

Justin Sean Johnson pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to defraud the United States and wire fraud in connection with a plea deal offered him by federal prosecutors and will face up to seven years in federal prison.

Johnson's plea comes in connection with the hacking and sale of personal information between 2014 and 2017, which prosecutors alleged were used to file thousands of false income tax returns.

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