Hacker Steals 130 Million Credit and Debit Card Accounts

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(Free-Press-Release.com) August 24, 2009 -- On August 17, 2009 news organizations revealed that a Miami man, Albert Gonzales, had received a federal indictment in the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the United States. Albert Gonzales, a one-time government informant, is accused of stealing 130 million credit and debit card accounts, in addition to 40 million accounts that he had previously stolen.

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