The complaint alleged that Heartland executives misrepresented the state of the company’s computer network security was denied by U.S. District Court Judge Anne Thompson. The lawyers representing Heartland’s shareholders may file for reconsideration or retrial in the same court in New Jersey. The hacker indicted in the Heartland data breach, Albert Gonzalez, has entered into a plea agreement on the charges that he broke into Heartland Payment Systems, Hannaford Brothers grocery store chain, as well as 7-Eleven and two other national retailers.”]
Source: https://www.fraudtoday.io/heartland-update-shareholder-suit-dismissed-hacker-to-plead-guilty-a-1995