TJX Hacker Charged with Heartland, Hannaford Breaches

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/08/tjx-hacker-charged-with-heartland/

The constellation of hacks connected to the TJX hacker is growing.

Albert "Segvec" Gonzalez, a former Secret Service informant who is already 
awaiting trial over his involvement in the TJX hack, has been indicted by 
a federal grand jury in New Jersey, along with two unnamed Russia-based 
conspirators, with hacking into Heartland Payment Systems, the New Jersey 
based card processing company, as well as Hannaford Brothers, 7-Eleven, 
Inc, and two unnamed national retailers, according to the indictment 
unsealed Monday.

Prosecutors say they.re investigating other breaches and have not ruled 
out Gonzalez's involvement in even more intrusions.

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