JPMorgan hackers likely infiltrated systems months or years ago: experts
JPMorgan hackers likely infiltrated systems months or years ago: experts
Hackers stole personal information from millions of JPMorgan Chase customers this summer, in one of the biggest breaches of a financial company. The theft — involving 76 million households and seven million small businesses — raises questions about the safety of personal information, especially at banks. The size and scope of the breaches are going to get worse, not better. Target, Home Depot and JPMorgan Chase are just the beginning, says Darren Hayes, a professor and expert in cybersecurity at Pace University in New York. It's safe to presume that hackers have been sitting inside these banks and business networks for months, even years, sometimes not doing anything.
Hackers these days are patient ... and are extremely effective at just gathering a lot of data over time.
Darren Hayes, a professor and expert in cybersecurity at Pace University in New York
About nine other banks and brokerages were infiltrated by the same group of hackers who recently attacked computer systems at JPMorgan Chase & Co, the New York Times reported late on Friday, citing unnamed people briefed on the matter. The report, which could not be independently verified and did not identify any of the victims beyond JPMorgan, said it was not clear how serious the attacks had been. The New York Times said the breadth of the attacks and uncertainty about the motives of the hackers are troubling U.S. policymakers and intelligence officials.
