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TJX kingpin pleads guilty to Heartland hack
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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:25:06 -0600 (CST)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/30/gonzalez_cybercrime_plea/ By John Leyden The Register 30th December 2009 TJX hacking mastermind Albert Gonzalez faces a minimum of 17 years behind bars after pleading guilty to further cybercrimes. Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, admitted hacking into the systems of card processor Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven, and supermarket chain Hannaford Brothers as part of a plea bargain agreement on Tuesday. The former federal informant led a gang that exploited wireless security problems in branch offices and other security flaws to steal tens of millions of credit and debit card records. In a plea bargain agreement, Gonzalez admitted that he maintained a cloud-based hacking service for use in credit card fraud, as an extract from a DoJ statement explains. Gonzalez leased or otherwise controlled several servers, or "hacking platforms", and gave access to these servers to other hackers, knowing that they would use them to store malicious software, or "malware," and launch attacks against corporate victims. Malware used against several of the corporate victims was also found on a server controlled by Gonzalez. Gonzalez tested malware by running multiple anti-virus programs in an attempt to ascertain if the programs detected the malware. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org
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