http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/heartland-hacker/ By Kim Zetter Threat Level Wired.com December 10, 2009 A federal judge in Massachusetts has rejected a request from U.S. attorneys to consolidate a New Jersey case against Albert Gonzalez, who has admitted hacking more than 120 million credit card numbers from Heartland Payment Systems, with two other cases against him in Massachusetts. Gonzalez, a former Secret Service informant known by the online nicks "segvec" and "Cumbajohnny," was charged in New Jersey in August with stealing more than 130 million debit and credit cards. The feds say Gonzalez, along with two unnamed Russian hackers, stole the card from New Jersey-based card processor, Heartland Payment Systems, and networks for Hannaford Brothers, 7-Eleven and two other unnamed national retailers. Gonzalez and 10 others were also charged in May 2008 in New York and in August 2008 in Massachusetts with network intrusions into TJX, OfficeMax, the Dave & Busters restaurant chain and other companies. Gonzalez pleaded guilty to these charges in August and was scheduled to be sentenced in Massachusetts on Dec. 21 in both cases. He is expected to get a sentence of between 15 to 25 years in those cases. On Monday, Gonzalez's New Jersey attorney filed a document with the court indicating that his client had agreed to plead guilty to the charges in that state as well. Federal prosecutors requested the New Jersey case be moved to Massachusetts to be consolidated with the two other cases against Gonzalez. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.orgReceived on Fri Dec 11 2009 - 02:20:51 PST
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