Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case

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Source: afp

AFP - A 28-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking into corporate computer networks and carrying out what US officials have described as the largest credit card theft in US history.

Albert Gonzalez, of Miami, pleaded guilty in US District Court in Boston to two counts of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to payment card networks, the Justice Department said in a statement.

Gonzalez and two unidentified Russian co-conspirators were accused of stealing more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers from firms supporting major retail and financial organizations.

More than 250 financial institutions were affected including Heartland Payment Systems, a New Jersey-based card payment processor; 7-Eleven Inc., a Texas-based nationwide convenience store chain; and Hannaford Brothers Co. Inc., a Maine-based supermarket chain.


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[Left Coast2020]

1. Damn. Its not Alberto (torture boy) Gonzalez.

I still wanna see him in prison orange.

[MaineDem]

2. This was major here in Maine

We had to get new debit cards after this hacking happened. Hannaford is one of the largest grocery chains in the state.