http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/09/15/232309/tjx-hacker-pleads-guilty.htm By Ian Grant ComputerWeekly.com 15 Sep 2008 Damon Patrick Toey last week became the first person to plead guilty to helping to steal more than 40 million identities and account details in the world's biggest criminal computer hack. US attorneys charged Toey and 10 others on 5 August with conspiracy, computer intrusion, fraud and identity theft. They face charges of hacking into nine large US retailers, including TJX and its UK subsidiary, TKMaxx, to steal and resell more thn 40 million credit and debit card numbers. It is the largest hacking and identity theft case prosecuted so far by the Department of Justice. Three defendants were US citizens, one was from Estonia, three from Ukraine, two from the People's Republic of China and one from Belarus. One was known only by an online alias. The alleged leader, Albert "Segvec" Gonzalez, is believed to be a former secret service informer. Gonzales has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the TJX hack. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Tue Sep 16 2008 - 01:43:53 PDT
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