Hacker sentenced to 18 months

Pennsylvania man Andrew James Miller, a 24-year-old hacker who was caught trying to sell logins for the Dept. of Energy supercomputer, will see only an 18 month sentence after being caught in a sting operation with an undercover FBI agent.

Peddling lists of usernames and passwords to the undercover agent, he then tried to sell access to a supercomputer at the DoE's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, according to court transcripts.

Miller was part of the hacker group Underground Intelligence Agency (UIA). Following his jail time, Miller will be on supervised release for three years and is also required to pay a fine and restitution to victims, which has yet to be calculated by the court. His sentencing is scheduled for 19 November.