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Caught with 675,000 stolen credit card details, hacker pleads guilty

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Dissent

A computer hacker from Georgia pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud and identity theft after authorities found more than 675,000 stolen credit card accounts on his home computers.

Credit card companies have traced more than $36 million in fraudulent transactions to the accounts that were breached by Rogelio Hackett Jr., 26, of Lithonia, Ga.

Read more in the Washington Post.

Category: Breach IncidentsHackID TheftU.S.

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