nsane.forums Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Albert Gonzalez gets longest hacking sentence ever Albert Gonzalez, the mastermind behind the hacking of TJX, which reaped more than 90 million credit and debit card numbers from TJX and other retailers, has been sentenced to two 20 years stretches in a federal prison. The sentence is the longest ever passed for computer fraud in the US and even with remission for good behaviour Gonzales will be pushing 40 when he is released, since the two sentences will run concurrently. He also faces a $25,000 fine and up to $192m in restitution. Gonzalez has already handed over $1.65m in US currency, a condominium in Miami, a blue 2006 BMW automobile, IBM and Toshiba laptop computers and related equipment, a Glock 27 handgun, a Tiffany diamond ring and three Rolex watches. He had $1m in cash buried in his parent's back yard when arrested."I've read the letters from your family who love and support you who talked about how loving you were as a young man, so there is another side to your personality," US District Court Judge Patti Saris told Gonzalez."Yet when I read the transcripts, there is this macho glee about how you beat the system." The court heard how Gonzalez organized a gang of international hackers to carry out the attacks and turn the proceeds into cash, much of the time while he was a paid US Secret Service informant. Prosecutors had asked for 25 year sentences while his defence argued for 15 years, saying Gonzalez suffered from Aspergers Syndrome and had learned his lesson from his time on remand in prison. The sentence comes a day after a former programmer for Barclays bank received a four year sentence for his part in the attack. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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