http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-21/fbi-warns-of-hacks-by-moonlighting-foreign-agents.html
By Chris Strohm
Bloomberg.com
Oct 20, 2014
The FBI is probing whether foreign government agents raided the data banks
of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) while moonlighting as criminals, a bureau
official said.
The agents-turned-criminals who attacked JPMorgan and 13 other financial
companies may have been operating with the knowledge and consent of their
government, said Joseph Demarest, assistant director of the FBI’s cyber
division.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seen a trend in which agents of
foreign governments work with criminals to carry out hacking attacks for
financial gain, Demarest said. He didn’t identify the foreign governments
suspected of being involved.
“There’s a blending,” Demarest told reporters at a news conference
yesterday in Washington. “They may be working as criminals by evening or
dark of night and then during the day they’re working on behalf of some
government.”
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