http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2369726/jp-morgan-denies-that-system-blueprints-were-stolen-in-june-cyber-attack
By Graeme Burton
Computing.co.uk
16 Sep 2014
More details have emerged about the attack on banking giant JP Morgan,
which saw sensitive banking systems hacked and details about clients and
deals apparently transmitted to systems in Russia.
The breach occurred in June, but has only recently been disclosed.
According to the latest disclosures, the hackers were able to access
information about one million customer accounts and also obtained a list
of the software applications installed on the bank's computers. More than
90 of the bank's servers were affected, and the attackers gained
high-level administrative privileges in the systems that they cracked. JP
Morgan also claims that its charity website, JP Morgan Corporate
Challenge, was attacked with hackers getting login credentials and
passwords. However, the bank says that it doesn't know whether the two
attacks are related.
Dr Mike Lloyd, chief technology officer at security analytics company
RedSeal Networks, suggested that the information accessed by the attackers
indicated that they will almost be certainly back again.
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