Russian hacker Vladimir Drinkman pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit unauthorized access of protected computers and wire fraud. He faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison on the wire fraud charge and five years on the other charge. The scheme compromised more than 160 million credit card numbers and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. It affected payments processors Global Payments and Heartland Payment Systems, as well as grocery chain Hannaford Brothers and about a dozen other organizations, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/russian-mega-hacker-pleads-guilty-in-largest-us-breach-a-8534