Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrest and indictment of five individuals for running an alleged identity-theft ring targeting customers of local banks. The defendants stole over $850,000 by having bank tellers access and steal personal information of hundreds of unsuspecting customers – account numbers and Social Security numbers, for example – and…
Category: Financial Sector
Hackers-for-hire raided 300 banks, corporates for TWELVE YEARS
Darren Pauli reports: A band of hackers for hire have raided some 300 banks, corporations and governments undetected for 12 years, possibly the longest campaign of its kind. The German hackers registered 800 front businesses in the UK to target and fully compromise organisations in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria at the request of customers. Elite…
After Breach, JPMorgan Still Seeks to Determine Extent of Attack
Nicole Perlroth and Matthew Goldstein report: The headache caused by the attack on JPMorgan Chase’s computer network this summer may not go away anytime soon. Over two months, hackers gained entry to dozens of the bank’s servers, said three people with knowledge of the bank’s investigation into the episode who spoke on the condition of…
Update: Former TD Bank Employee And Co-Defendant Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme
An update to this report: Tenisha Nkesha Francis, 32, of Lake Worth, and Ryan Michael Francis, 27, of Riviera Beach, were sentenced today before Senior U.S. District Judge Kenneth L. Ryskamp for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. Tensiha Francis was sentenced to 42 months in prison, three years of supervised release and…
Computers for Hire Said to Send JPMorgan Data to Russia
Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley report: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)’s own investigators have found clues that a global network of computers available for hire by sophisticated criminals was used to reroute data stolen from the bank to a major Russian city, according to people familiar with the probe. Like street magicians using sleight of…
PK: Hackers take down govt websites, leak bank records
A group of Pakistani hackers temporarily brought down several government portals, including that of the Army, and leaked 23,000 bank records in a bid to support the ongoing anti-government protests in the country. The group calling themselves “Anonymous Op Pakistan” hacked over two dozen government websites overnight, a few of which remained inaccessible. Some of…