ALBERT GONZALEZ

Albert gonzalez:

Albert Gonzalez was born on 1981.he is an American hacker and computer criminal. He is arrest for credit card  theft. In 2005 to 2007 more than 170 million ATM card numbers and cards theft by Albert gonzalez. He used sql injection to deploy backdoors on server of corporate company to launch packets sniffing.  (specifically ARP spoofing attacks) to steal computer datas. ARP spoofing is a type of attack  in a malicious actor send a falsified (Address Resolution Protocol) messages over a local area network.Albert gonzalez was stayed at lavish hotels but his formal homes were modest. Other names of the gonzalez was the Cambajohny, kingchilli, segvec, stanozaloz. Gonzalez did the three federal indictment. The first was in may 2008 in new York for the Dave and busters case. The second was in may 2008 in Massachusetts for Tjx maxx case. The third was 2009 in new Jersey in the heartland payment case. On March 25,2010 he sentenced to 20 years in federal prision. Gonzalez bought his first computer when he was in 12 at the age of 14 he managed to hack into NASA. He studied at South Miami, Florida. 

Group leader:

The group of hackers called the shadow crew group at this group he was the head of the group. According to the indictment 4000 people registered with the shadow crew. Com website once registered buy stolen account numbers at auction or read"Tutorials and How-To's" Describing the use of cryptography in magnetic strips on credit cards, debut cards and ATM cards so that the numbers could be used. They also stole the drivers license social Security cards, credit cards, debit cards, birth certificate, college student identification cards and health insurance card. The secret Service started the investigation "operation firewall" They know $4.3 billion was stolen as shadow crew shared its information with other groups. 

Hacking activities:

Albert gonzalez and his group hacked the TJX companies in which 45.6 million credit cards and debit card numbers were stolen. They compromised cards at BJS wholesale club, PSW, office max, Boston market, barnes and noble sports Authority and The. T. j. Maxx. One of his alleged conspirators was Stephen watt known in the hacker world as "unix terrorist" and "Jim Jones" Watt worked at Morgan Stanley in new York city and wrote the sniffer program. 

GONZALEZ ARREST:

Albert gonzalez was arrested on may 7,2008 on hacking into the Dave &busters corporate network. The incident occurred in September 2007.the 5,000 card numbers were stolen. Albert gonzalez was arrested in the room 1508 at the national hotel in Miami Beach, floride. Authorities rided and seized $1.6 million in cash his laptops and a compact block pistol. Albert gonzalez lived in a nondescript house in Miami. Albert gonzalez was taken to the metropolitan detention center in Brooklyn, he was in the dicted in the heart land attack. 

Heart land hack:
In August 2009,gonzalez charges dealing with hacking into the heart land payment systems, citibank bonded 7-ELEVEN ATM's and hannoford brothers computer systems. In this heart land reported it had lost $12.6 million in the attack .
Albert gonzalez allegedly called the scheme "operation get rich or die try in".This attacks done by gonzalez and two unidentified hackers. December 26,2007 at heart land payment systems August 2007 against 7-ELEVEN and in November 2007 against Hannaford brothers company. Albert gonzalez and his members targets the large companies and studied their check out companies terminals and attack from internet connected computers in new Jersey. The indictment said the hackers tested their program against 20 anti virus programs. Palominia is identified the unidicted conspirator "P.T" as damon patrik toey. Who had pleaded guilty in the T. J. maxx case.
Palomonia said toey rather than gonzalez was the ring leader of the heart land case. Palamonia said  the unnamed Russian hackers in heart land case was Maksym Yastremskiy who also indicted in the T. J. Maxx but two of them are serving 30 years in a Turkish prison for the charge of hacking Turkish banks investigators found yastermskiy and gonzalez exchange 600 messages and paid him $400, 000 through e-gold.
Yastremskiy was arrested in July 2007 in Turkish on charges of hacking into 12 banks in turkey. On March 25,2010. U.S district judge patti saris sentenced Gonzalez to 20 years in prison for hacking into stealing information from TJX, office max, the Dave& busters restaurant chain, bernes & noble.
Gonzalez currently serving his 20 years sentence at the FMC Lexington a medical facility he is scheduled for release December 4,2025.