Friday, October 3, 2014

JPMorgan: current accounts of customers 76milioni attacked by hackers – Corriere della Sera



Milan , October 3, 2014 – 9:34

     
     
 

Current accounts of more than 80 million customers god of JP Morgan were violated by hackers, in the month of June. He admitted the largest American bank, which had previously denied decision with the news of a cyber attack reported by New York Times and then partially admitted the intrusion, but saying that it was limited to one million accounts. The bank has, however, added that hackers have stolen crucial information or data concerning the identity of users. ”

Two out of three families

The onslaught of hackers that has been consumed in June was therefore worse – much worse – than previously thought. JP Morgan, in new filings to the SEC, revealed that around 76 million bank accounts are individual ones and 7 small business in question, in practice they were attacked finances as much as two-thirds of American families. Hackers remain unknown, but investigators say the attack was carried out “by Italy or Southern Europe.”

Outstanding

The assault, with few precedents to its full extent – that compromised as many as 60 servers – took place in June and had been discovered only a month later; now showed its potential ramifications. The New York Times had reported a second hacker attack in three months. The article did not explain, however, the nature of the hacker nor was it clear whether the alleged attack would be distinct from that of July or would be bound to it. The heads of JP Morgan have called an emergency meeting Thursday to consider the potential damage of debacle in computer security.

Vulnerable

The bank guarantees that were not stolen money and financial information, but the extent of the attack shows that the institutions of Wall Street are vulnerable to cybercrime . In 2011, hackers have sneaked into the computer system of the Nasdaq, even without being able to penetrate the system that manages the trading day.

October 3, 2014 | 9:34

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