Hacker Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy In Credit-Card Data Theft

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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200912291639DOWJONESDJONLINE000194_FORTUNE5.htm

Albert Gonzalez pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to hack into computer 
networks of major U.S. retail and financial organizations and to steal 
data related to tens of millions of credit and debit cards.

Prosecutors have called it the largest credit and debit card data breach 
ever charged in the U.S.

According to the plea agreement, Gonzalez, 28, of Miami will be sentenced 
to between 17 and 25 years in prison and his sentences in two separate 
cases will run concurrently.

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