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.

Apple’s iPhone Encryption Is a Godsend, Even if Cops Hate It

It took the upheaval of the Edward Snowden revelations to make clear to everyone that we need protection from snooping, governmental and otherwise. Snowden illustrated the capabilities of determined spies, and said what security experts have preached for years: Strong encryption of our data is a basic necessity, not a luxury.

And now Apple, that quintessential mass-market supplier of technology, seems to have gotten the message. With an eye to market demand, the company has taken a bold step to the side of privacy, making strong crypto the default for the wealth of personal information stored on the iPhone. And the backlash has been as swift and fevered as it is wrongheaded.