Albert Gonzalez, a former Secret Service informant, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2010 for hacking more than 130 million debit and credit card numbers, namely from the card processing company Heartland Payment Systems–the largest data breach in US history.

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What is an SSH Key?

An SSH key is an alternative to usernames and passwords as a method of user authentication. It is primarily used by presenting an encrypted file to the service instead of a text-based password.