Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Three indicted for Hannaford, Heartland data breaches

A federal grand jury has indicted a Miami man and two Russian hackers for their involvement in an international scheme to steal more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers from five companies. 
The indictment alleges the men conspired to conduct the largest credit and debit card data breach ever charged in the United States. 
The Department of Justice issued a statement today about the indictment, which accuses Albert Gonzalez, 28, and two unnamed Russian citizens of stealing data from Heartland Payment Systems Inc., 7-Eleven Inc. and Hannaford Brothers Co. Two other companies remain unnamed because their breaches have not been made public, the DOJ said.
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