Admitted TJX intruder Albert Gonzalez has entered into a plea agreement on charges that he hacked into Heartland Payment Systems, HannafordBrothers, 7-Eleven and two other unnamed national retailers. Despite trillions of dollars in breach fine payouts, each year the number of compromised companies and individuals with private data exposed rise. Vulnerability management continues to challenge businesses, as they face tens of thousands of bugs with every scan. The majority give outside partners, contractors and suppliers administrative access without strong security policies in place.
Source: https://threatpost.com/tjx-hacker-enter-guilty-plea-heartland-120909/73234/