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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.

• Another NYT masterpiece... (Score: 2) by PizzaRollPlinkett on Thursday August 28 2014, @04:28PM

  by PizzaRollPlinkett (4512) on Thursday August 28 2014, @04:28PM (#86797)

  If it's an NYT article, it's going to have anonymous sources:
  - "two other people briefed on the matter"
  - "one person familiar with the situation"
  And a parade of quotes from "security experts".

  We definitely know:
    - "motivation and origin of the attacks are not yet clear"
    - "It was not clear"
    - "not yet made that conclusion"

  Then we have old stuff rehashed to pad out the article:
  - "Earlier this year"
  - "in 2007"

  Bloomberg's report isn't any better, with more anonymous sources and vagueness.

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