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TJ Maxx Hacker Claims Government OK’d His Crimes
Published on 8 Apr, 2011 at 10:54 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 100 times | No Comments
Albert Gonzalez, the hacker who pulled off what prosecutors called an unparalleled credit card heist, is asking a federal judge to dismiss his earlier guilty pleas and reduce his 20-year prison sentence, alleging the government green-lighted his criminal activities, Wired reported.
Gonzalez, who according to the indictment used…
Hacker Gets 20 Years, Twice
U.S. hacker Albert Gonzalez was sentenced to two consecutive 20-year terms in prison Thursday. The two sentences were for a hacking spree conducted by Gonzalez that netted millions of credit card numbers when he lived in Miami.
Prosecutors called Gonzalez’s theft of the credit card data from major U.S. retailers as “unparalleled.” Gonzalez, along with several co-conspirators, hacked into the computer systems of TJX, Office Max, DSW and Dave and…
Miami Hacker Could Get 25 Years
Published on 30 Dec, 2009 at 16:02 in Cloud | Viewed 320 times | No Comments
A Miami based hacker know as “segvec” and “soupnazi” plead guilty Tuesday to helping to orchestrate the theft of a massive amount of credit and debit card numbers. This is the third case against Albert Gonzalez, who was accused of hacking into a variety of retail stores purloining some tens of millions of credit and debit card credentials.
Back in September, Gonzalez plead guilty to charges in Massachusetts connected with…
