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Print Edition StoriesTuesday, December 29, 2009
Guilty plea in TJX, Hannaford-related hacks
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Accused of conspiracy in the hacking attacks on payment systems supporting companies such as retailers TJX Cos., Hannaford Brothers Co. Inc. and 7-Eleven, Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, today pleaded guilty to the final charges against him in U.S. District Court in Boston.
Federal prosecutors said that Gonzalez, who allegedly controlled servers that gained access to the corporate servers and then gave information to hackers that would use malware to launch attacks on the victims, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy on an indictment issued in New Jersey, which involved breaches at Hannaford and Heartland Payment Systems. He had earlier pleaded guilty to charges brought in Boston and New York, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. As part of a plea agreement, Gonzalez won’t seek a prison sentence of less than 17 years, and prosecutors won’t seek a term of more than 25 years.
The Department of Justice said that the co-conspirators stole tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers affecting more than 250 financial institutions.
Gonzalez, also known as “segvec,” “soupnazi” and “j4guar17” according to federal officials, is scheduled to be sentenced in March in Boston, New Jersey and New York courts. The New Jersey sentence will run concurrently with whatever sentences he receives in Boston and New York, according to the plea agreement.
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