jpmorgan chase massive security breach
 

76 million accounts hacked... if you use 'em, check your stuff

JP Morgan Chase Breach Compromised Data of 76 Million Households - Slashdot

Cyberattack on J.P. Morgan Chase this summer resulted in stolen information on 76 million households and 7 million businesses. The compromised data included names, email addresses, phone numbers, and addresses. The bank said the attackers were unable to gather account numbers, social security numbers, or passwords. The hackers appeared to have obtained a list of the applications and programs that run on JPMorgan's computers — a road map of sorts — which they could crosscheck with known vulnerabilities in each program and web application, in search of an entry point back into the bank's systems, according to several people with knowledge of the results of the bank's forensics investigation, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity. ... Even if no customer financial information was taken, the apparent breadth and depth of the JPMorgan attack shows how vulnerable Wall Street institutions are to cybercrime.

Saw that last night. Interesting that we're only finding out about this NOW.

Meh. I'd be more worried about Chase themselves stealing my money!

The compromised data included names, email addresses, phone numbers, and addresses

JPMC normally sells this data, so they're not so much upset that it was exposed, but rather that they didn't get paid for it.

I find it interesting these hackers never seen to get important info like SSN, credit card numbers, etc....do they keep that info someplace else? Why is that info so protected and not the rest?

This is brilliant.

Much stricter rules and auditing in place for that type of info.

So what you're saying is, they actually TRY to protect it?

They get the easy stuff they can get easily, then try to fill in the blanks with phishing expeditions, or so I am told.

Sorry I can't tell you what I plan to do with your data, but I promise it will be in your best interest.