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Three Charged in Largest Ever Credit Card Data Breach

A former informant for the Secret Service was one of three men charged today with stealing credit and debit card information from 130 million American accounts in the largest data breach in U.S. history. The former informant, Albert Gonzalez of Florida, was alleged to have been the ringleader of the hacking operation, officials told ABCNews.com Gonzalez and two other unidentified hackers believed to be from Russia have been charged with hacking into Heartland Payment Systems, 7-11 and...Full Story
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