US charges four men in 'one of the largest hacking schemes ever'
by Sam Thielman from Technology | The Guardian on (#T66J)
US unveils indictments against against two Israelis and two Americans for 'breathtaking' cybercrime that affected 100 million customers
US authorities have charged four men with orchestrating "the largest theft of customer data from a US financial institution in history" in indictments unsealed on Tuesday.
The "massive computer hacking crimes" affected 100 million people and targeted employees, databases and customers of JP Morgan Chase, Dow Jones and Fidelity Investments. Fidelity has said that no customer information or related systems were breached. Twelve victims spanning the globe are identified by pseudonym ("Victim-1, Victim-9") in the indictment.