Editing Albert Gonzalez (section)

==TJX Companies==
While cooperating with authorities, he was said to have masterminded the hacking of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TJX_Companies TJX Companies] in which 45.6 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen over an 18 month period ending in 2007 topping the 2005 breach of 40 million records at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CardSystems_Solutions CardSystems Solutions].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TJX_9-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-TJX-9 [9]]</sup> Gonzalez and 10 others sought targets while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardriving wardriving] and seeking vulnerabilities in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_network wireless networks] along [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_1 U.S. Route 1] in Miami. They compromised cards at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BJ%27s_Wholesale_Club BJ's Wholesale Club], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSW,_Inc. DSW], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Max Office Max], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Market Boston Market], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble Barnes & Noble], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Authority Sports Authority] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.J._Maxx T.J. Maxx].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DOJMASS_10-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-DOJMASS-10 [10]]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;" title=" since July 2011">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot dead link]'']</span></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-11 [11]]</sup>

The indictment referred to Gonzalez by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_%28computing%29 screen names] "cumbajohny", "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soup_Nazi soupnazi]", "segvec", "kingchilli" and "stanozlolz."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DOJMASS_10-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-DOJMASS-10 [10]]</sup>

The hacking was an embarrassment to TJ Maxx, which discovered the breach in December 2006. The company initially believed the intrusion began in May 2006, but further investigation revealed breaches dating back to July 2005.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TJX_9-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-TJX-9 [9]]</sup>

One of his co-conspirators was 7-foot-tall Stephen Watt, known in the hacker world as "Unix Terrorist" and "Jim Jones." Watt worked at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Stanley Morgan Stanley] in New York City and wrote the sniffer program.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-12 [12]]</sup>