The hacker who stole more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers from TJX is now claiming that he may suffer from Asperger's syndrome.

"On Tuesday, attorneys for Albert Gonzalez filed a report from a forensic psychologist that questioned the criminal hacker's 'capacity to knowingly evaluate the wrongfulness of his actions and consciously behave lawfully and avoid crime,' according to federal prosecutors," writes The Register's Dan Goodin. "The report went on to state that his 'behavior was consistent with description of the Asperger's disorder.'"

"Gonzalez becomes the latest hacker under prosecution to raise the Asperger's defense in arguing for leniency," Goodin writes. "Most notably, NASA hacker Gary McKinnon has cited the Autism-related disorder in fighting extradition to the U.S. to face computer trespass charges."

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