The credit and debit card payment processor agrees to reimburse consumers for costs associated with a breach in 2009. Heartland will set aside US$2.4 million for consumers
Albert Gonzales was involved in hacking into credit card payments processor Heartland Payment Systems Inc. He also participated in the TJX breech first announced in late 2006. The 28-year-old has given up the stolen millions he buried in his parents' backyard but is about to get free room and board, and presumably some fetching orange jumpsuits, for the next 20 years in a U.S. prison
Albert Gonzalez, who was charged with using SQL injection attacks to steal credit card information, will be sentenced to at least 17 years in prison. Attacks on merchant credit card processing services resulted in losses in the millions