Databreach news and trends

Citigroup, HSBC Also Targeted In Chase Attack
Europe // October 09, 2014

The details are continuing to leak out from the massive Chase attack this summer, with the New York Times now reporting that a dozen other financial institution were attacked, including Fidelity Investments and E*Trade, which were “victimized in some way by the attacks.” Deutsche Bank...

Nine More Banks Hit By Cyberthieves That Attacked Chase
News // October 06, 2014

Nine financial institutions—above and beyond Chase—were “also infiltrated by the same group” that attacked Chase, a group “thought to be operating from Russia and appear to have at least loose connections with officials of the Russian government,” the New York Times reported. “It is unclear...

Chase Cyber Attack Affected 76M Households And 7M Businesses
News // October 03, 2014

JPMorgan Chase announced Thursday (Oct. 2) that its databreach attackers accessed information on 83 million accounts—about 76 million households and 7 million small businesses—is the largest known financial data attack. The data grabbed appeared to be “user contact information—name, address, phone number and E-mail address—and...

The Latest POS Breach – Who and How
News // September 29, 2014

There’s more reported fallout from the databreach at sandwich-chain Jimmy John’s, with some 100 new restaurant victims identified and a confirmation from the chain that “an unauthorized person gained access to a user name and password that Signature Systems used to remotely access POS systems.”...

Quick Reads
Anthem Breach Response Draws Fire From States

February 12, 2015
The public relations cleanup following Anthem Inc’s data breach keeps getting worse for the health care insurance provider as U.S. state governments are filing formal letters of complaints against the company. The story started when the nation’s second largest health insurer, Anthem Inc., was breached, allegedly by a Chinese cyber crime ring known as “Deep […]

Citigroup, HSBC Also Targeted In Chase Attack

October 09, 2014
The details are continuing to leak out from the massive Chase attack this summer, with the New York Times now reporting that a dozen other financial institution were attacked, including...

Nine More Banks Hit By Cyberthieves That Attacked Chase

October 06, 2014
Nine financial institutions—above and beyond Chase—were “also infiltrated by the same group” that attacked Chase, a group “thought to be operating from Russia and appear to have at least loose...

Chase Cyber Attack Affected 76M Households And 7M Businesses

October 03, 2014
JPMorgan Chase announced Thursday (Oct. 2) that its databreach attackers accessed information on 83 million accounts—about 76 million households and 7 million small businesses—is the largest known financial data attack....