Nothing Beats the Traitor
August 19, 2009 by alienated
It’s the hacker named Albert Gonzalez, a.k.a “Soupnazi”, allegedly steal 130 Million of credit card numbers.
Gonzalez has an interesting record, and has worked on both sides of the legal line.
In 2003, after being arrested in New Jersey in a computer crime, he helped the Secret Service and federal prosecutors in New Jersey identify his former conspirators in the online underworld where credit and debit card numbers are stolen, bought and sold. But Mr. Gonzalez secretly reconnected with his old associates, federal officials have said [The New York Times]. He’s currently in jail awaiting trial on two other cases of credit card data theft: the 2005 breach at T. J. Maxx stores, and the 2008 hack of the Dave & Busters restaurant chain and other companies.
How was he able to pull it off? Read More
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