Largest Corporate Identity Theft Case in History
Breaking - Three men have been indicted in New Jersey in an identity theft case that the Justice Department is labeling as the largest in history. Authorities say more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen in a corporate data breach involving five different companies.
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Update: Three Indicted in Major Hacking Case
Albert Gonzalez, 28 years old, of Miami, and two unnamed co-conspirators were charged with conspiracy and conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and accused of using a sophisticated hacking technique, which tries to find a way around a computer network’s firewall to steal credit- and debit-card information.
MoreAmong the corporate victims named in the indictment are Heartland Payment Systems Inc., a New Jersey-based card-payment processor; 7-Eleven Inc., a Texas-based nationwide convenience store chain; and Hannaford Brothers Co., a Maine-based supermarket chain.
A data breach allegedly led by Mr. Gonzalez also siphoned off more than 40 million credit-card numbers from TJX Cos. and others, costing TJX $200 million.
