TJX hacker Gonzalez asks for withdrawl of guilty plea
Albert Gonzalez, presently serving a 20-year prison condemnation for hacking into the payment card networks from retailers to steal 130 million debit and credit card numbers, now says he was acting on the part of the government and was authorized to lead the illegal activities.He in 2009 declared guilty to multiple federal charges of conspiracy, computer fraud, access device fraud and identity theft for hacking intoTJX (which owns T.J. Maxx), Heartland Payment Systems, Dave & Buster's, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble and Sports Authority.
It is a computer crime.Albert's crimes cost companies, banks and insurers nearly $200 million.After Gonzalez' arrest, Police found more than $1 million in cash buried in a barrel in his parent's backyard in Florida.
ReplyDeleteAccording to my knowledge,it is section3 because of Unauthorized access to computer, computer system and computer network and Recreational hacking.