Sony hacker pleads guilty

A college student who was a member of a computer hacking group pleaded guilty to two federal charges of breaking into computers at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Cody Krestinger, 24, of Tempe, Arizona, entered his plea to one count each of conspiracy and unauthorised impairment of a protected computer, said assistant US attorney Eric Vandevelde.

He faces up to 15 years in prison when he is scheduled to be sentenced on July 26