Court Rejects Request to Consolidate TJX Hacker Cases

December 10th, 2009 admin

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. …


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