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JPMorgan and Other Banks Struck by Cyberattack

posted by n1 on Thursday August 28 2014, @02:55PM   
from the to-be-the-center-of-attention dept.

AnonTechie writes:

A number of United States banks, including JPMorgan Chase and at least four others, were struck by hackers in a series of coordinated attacks this month, according to four people briefed on a continuing investigation into the crimes.

The hackers infiltrated the networks of the banks, siphoning off gigabytes of data, including checking and savings account information, in what security experts described as a sophisticated cyberattack.

The motivation and origin of the attacks are not yet clear, according to investigators. The F.B.I. is involved in the investigation, and in the past few weeks a number of security firms have been brought in to conduct forensic studies of the penetrated computer networks.

• according to four people according to four people (Score: 3, Insightful) by nitehawk214 on Thursday August 28 2014, @02:59PM

  by nitehawk214 (1304) on Thursday August 28 2014, @02:59PM (#86746)

  The rest of the article gets more speculative from there.

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• Re:according to four people (Score: 2) by mtrycz on Thursday August 28 2014, @03:10PM

  by mtrycz (60) on Thursday August 28 2014, @03:10PM (#86752)

  But that's the very beginning!

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• Re:according to four people (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 28 2014, @03:13PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 28 2014, @03:13PM (#86753)

  Let me speculate on how much the republic would rejoice were those bastards get what was coming to them.

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