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==Early life== His parents, who had immigrated to the United States from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba Cuba] in the 1970s, bought him his first computer when he was 8. By the age of 9, he was reported to be actively removing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus computer viruses].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Young_3-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-Young-3 [3]]</sup> Gonzalez, a Cuban-American, attended [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Miami_High_School South Miami High School] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami,_Florida Miami, Florida], where he was described as the "troubled" pack leader of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd computer nerds].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NYDN_4-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-NYDN-4 [4]]</sup> In his senior year at the school, he and friend used the library computer to hack into computer systems of the government of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup> where they left messages about their culture.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup> Reportedly India had to cancel government checks as a result.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup> Gonzalez was not charged and was warned to stay away from a computer for six months.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Young_3-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-Young-3 [3]]</sup> In 2000 he moved to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] where he lived for three months before moving to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kearny,_New_Jersey Kearny, New Jersey].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-5 [5]]</sup>
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