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JPMorgan and Other Banks Struck by Cyberattack

posted by n1 on Thursday August 28 2014, @02:55PM   Printer-friendly
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.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Horse With Stripes on Thursday August 28 2014, @03:43PM

    by Horse With Stripes (577) on Thursday August 28 2014, @03:43PM (#86763)

    I've read quite a few articles about this and there is a lot of speculation about who did it, why it and what they actually did.

    Some say it was Russian hackers, others add it was in retaliation for the recent sanctions, others say <insert some group or some reason here>.

    I read a report that said they got employee data as well as account data. Would the employee data be used for future social engineering attacks on JPMC or its clients? Another report said they got in via an employee's computer. So it was a phishing attempt or a lucky watering hole attack?

    JPMC has different types of customers. Consumers, mortgages, investments, money management, etc. Which group(s) got snagged and which, if any, got lucky?

    It's time to stash money in our mattresses and pay someone to sleep on it while we're not home.

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday August 28 2014, @04:17PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Thursday August 28 2014, @04:17PM (#86786) Journal

    You don't get interest on mattress money..

    Solve that good and you can ditch the capital markets.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by MrGuy on Thursday August 28 2014, @04:21PM

      by MrGuy (1007) on Thursday August 28 2014, @04:21PM (#86793)

      Since 2007, you've gotten pretty much as much interest from a mattress as you've gotten on a savings account.

      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 28 2014, @05:40PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 28 2014, @05:40PM (#86831)

        Unless you're a millionaire, the amount of money you earn on interest from a bank is has always been basically negligible.