Except JPMorgan Chase, 9 financial organizations became victims of hackers

Some officials associated such attacks to the financial sector of United States sanctions against Russia.

Last week, the portal SecurityLab reported  about a large-scale data breach of 83 million customers of the JPMorgan Chase & Co bank. According to The New York Times, in addition to this financial organization, victims of hackers were even nine banks and broker companies.  According to a source of publication, familiar with the situation for all ten incidents is responsible one and the same group of attackers. The scale of the attacks and the names of the affected institutions are still unknown.

It is assumed that the attacks were carried out from the territory of Russia, and hackers can be associated with the Government of the Russian Federation. Judging by the scale of the attacks, it can be assumed that the aim was not stealing users' personal information, it was a demonstration of its capabilities. According to The New York Times, attackers had shown that even the highest protection of financial institutions, the United States is not an obstacle for them.

"Maybe such situation due to the sanctions against Russia. But may be mixed motives, for example, possibility to steal and sell any information that you are  able to get, "- said a publisher, who asked to remain anonymous.

According to the analyst of Javelin Strategy and Research Al Pascual (Al Pascual), the fact that the hackers managed to compromise a system of such a large bank like JPMorgan, is a big surprise. Guiding of financial  organization believe that a coordinated attacks on the banking system could cause another financial crisis.

Source: securitylab.ru