http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/08/18/international-hacker-gets-busted/ Daily resource for independent consumer information and service reviews Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:14:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/08/18/international-hacker-gets-busted/comment-page-1/#comment-33341 International hacker pleads guilty - NextAdvisor Daily Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:59:18 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=2617#comment-33341 [...] August, Albert Gonzalez was indicted for his role as ringleader of a massive hacking operation targeting Heartland Payment Systems, [...] [...] August, Albert Gonzalez was indicted for his role as ringleader of a massive hacking operation targeting Heartland Payment Systems, [...]

]]> http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/08/18/international-hacker-gets-busted/comment-page-1/#comment-31874 Robert Siciliano: Criminal Hackers, Carders, Dumps, and Identity Theft | TipTe.com Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:03:00 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=2617#comment-31874 [...] Albert Gonzalez and his gang of criminal hackers were responsible for data breaches in retailers and payment processors, with some estimates saying they breached over 230 million records combined. Gonzalez, considered a proficient criminal hacker, provided “dumps,” a term which refers to stolen credit card data, to “carders.” “Carders” are the people who buy, sell, and trade stolen credit card data online. This video provides an example of an online forum where stolen data is bought and sold. Gonzalez pleaded guilty to his crimes and will be serving the next fifteen years in jail. He and his gang used a combination of schemes that have caused a significant increase in counterfeit fraud. [...] [...] Albert Gonzalez and his gang of criminal hackers were responsible for data breaches in retailers and payment processors, with some estimates saying they breached over 230 million records combined. Gonzalez, considered a proficient criminal hacker, provided "dumps," a term which refers to stolen credit card data, to "carders." "Carders" are the people who buy, sell, and trade stolen credit card data online. This video provides an example of an online forum where stolen data is bought and sold. Gonzalez pleaded guilty to his crimes and will be serving the next fifteen years in jail. He and his gang used a combination of schemes that have caused a significant increase in counterfeit fraud. [...]

]]> http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/08/18/international-hacker-gets-busted/comment-page-1/#comment-31865 Identity thieves taken down by white hat hackers - NextAdvisor Daily Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:10:48 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=2617#comment-31865 [...] Albert Gonzalez and his gang of criminal hackers were responsible for data breaches in retailers and payment processors, with some estimates saying they breached over 230 million records combined. Gonzalez, considered a proficient criminal hacker, provided “dumps,” a term which refers to stolen credit card data, to "carders". "Carders" are the people who buy, sell, and trade stolen credit card data online. This video provides an example of an online forum where stolen data is bought and sold. Gonzalez pleaded guilty to his crimes and will be serving the next fifteen years in jail. He and his gang used a combination of schemes that have caused a significant increase in counterfeit fraud. [...] [...] Albert Gonzalez and his gang of criminal hackers were responsible for data breaches in retailers and payment processors, with some estimates saying they breached over 230 million records combined. Gonzalez, considered a proficient criminal hacker, provided “dumps,” a term which refers to stolen credit card data, to "carders". "Carders" are the people who buy, sell, and trade stolen credit card data online. This video provides an example of an online forum where stolen data is bought and sold. Gonzalez pleaded guilty to his crimes and will be serving the next fifteen years in jail. He and his gang used a combination of schemes that have caused a significant increase in counterfeit fraud. [...]

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