Editing Albert Gonzalez (section)

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{{Villain_Infobox
|image = Albert-gonzalez.jpg
|fullname = Albert Gonzalez
|alias = 201679996<br>cumbajohny<br>j4guar17<br>kingchilli<br>segvec<br>soupnazi<br>stanozlolz<br>UIN 476747
|origin = Cuba
|occupation = Computer criminal 
|type of villain = [[Crackers|Cracker]]
|goals = Get away with his crimes (failed)
|crimes = Credit card theft<br>[[Embezzlement]]<br>[[Money laundering]]<br>Fraud<br>Identity theft 
|hobby = Masterminding credit card theft<br>Counting money<br>Spending extravagantly
}}'''Albert Gonzalez''' (born 1981) is a Cuban-born [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computer_security%29 computer hacker] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_criminal computer criminal] who is accused of masterminding the combined [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card_theft credit card theft] and subsequent reselling of more than 170 million card and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_teller_machine ATM] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_card_number numbers] from 2005 through 2007—the biggest such fraud in history.

Gonzalez and his accomplices used [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_injection SQL injection] to deploy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdoor_%28computing%29 backdoors] on several corporate systems in order to launch [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_sniffing packet sniffing] (specifically, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP_Spoofing ARP Spoofing]) attacks which allowed him to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computer_security%29 steal computer data] from internal corporate networks.

During his spree, he was said to have thrown himself a $75,000 birthday party and complained about having to count $340,000 by hand after his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency-counting_machine currency-counting machine] broke. Gonzalez stayed at lavish hotels but his formal homes were modest.

Gonzalez had three federal indictments:
*May 2008 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York New York] for the Dave & Busters case (trial schedule September 2009)
*May 2008 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts Massachusetts] for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TJ_Maxx TJ Maxx] case (trial scheduled early 2010)
*August 2009 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey New Jersey] in connection with the Heartland Payment case.
On March 25, 2010, Gonzalez was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.

Gonzales along with his crew were featured on the 5th season episode of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNBC CNBC] series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Greed American Greed] titled: Episode 40: Hackers: Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin’