The FBI vs. America’s Most Notorious Hacker: How They Won

He was America’s most notorious hacker and a paid Secret Service informant at the same time. Albert Gonzalez stole 170 million credit cards, costing companies $400 million, all while teaching the FBI how hackers worked. But in 2008, a tiny mistake exposed his double life, leading agents to $1.1 million buried in his parents backyard. This is the story of how the FBI caught America’s greatest hacker.
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