Hacker seeks reduced sentence

Asperger syndrome called a factor in his theft of credit data

By Todd Wallack

Globe Staff / December 17, 2009

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Albert Gonzalez, the 28-year-old Miami hacker accused of helping to orchestrate the largest credit card heist in US history, may not have understood he was committing a crime because he has a developmental disorder, according to information his attorneys have submitted to federal court in Boston. (Full article: 655 words)