Notorious hacker Albert Gonzalez pleaded guilty Dec. 29 to conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of Heartland Payment Systems, 7-11 and Hannaford Brothers and faces sentencing between 17 and 25 years on top of his previous guilty plea for the TJX breach and others. Vera Bradley is reporting a breach of its retail store point-of-sale system. Target Corp., is investigating a data breach that could end up being one of the biggest retail hacks in U.S. history.
Source: https://threatpost.com/hacker-gonzalez-pleads-guilty-more-breaches-122909/73310/