Secret Service Paid Big-Time Hacker $75,000 a Year As Informant, Website Reports
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service was paying big-time hacker Albert Gonzalez $75,000 a year as an informant before he was arrested in 2008 for operating a multi-million dollar credit and debit card hacking operation, the website WIRED reported. WIRED attributed the information to Gonzalez’s best friend and convicted accomplice Stephen Watt. Gonzalez is…