TJX: Gonzalez sentenced

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/tjx-sentencing/

BOSTON - Convicted TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez was sentenced to 20 years in
prison on Thursday for leading a gang of cyberthieves who stole more than 
90 million credit and debit card numbers from TJX and other retailers.

The sentence for the largest and costliest computer-crime case ever
prosecuted is the longest ever imposed in a hacking or identity-theft 
case.

And it is among the longest imposed for a financial crime. It beats out a
sentence recently imposed on hacker Max Ray Vision, who received 13 years 
in prison 
<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/max-vision-sentencing/> 
for similar crimes.

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