Illinois man sentenced in hacking conspiracy

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Tulsa say an Illinois man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a computer hacking conspiracy that hit the U.S. Navy, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and dozens of public and private computer systems.

U.S. Attorney Danny Williams says 20-year-old Daniel Trenton Krueger of Dix, Illinois, was sentenced Wednesday after previously pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy.

Krueger’s attorney, Stephen Greubel, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.

A co-defendant, 27-year-old Paul Knight of Chantilly, Virginia, will be sentenced Nov. 21.

Court documents show Navy investigators detected a breach of a database that contained personal information of about 222,000 military members. Prosecutors say the servers that contained the records were located in Tulsa.

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