Five people were indicted in New York federal court on Tuesday in connection with the cyberattack on JP Morgan Chase & Co. last October, which resulted in report περίπου 83 εκατομμυρίων τραπεζικών λογαριασμών, όπως αναφέρει η Wall Street Newspaper.
JP Morgan employees had been claiming since last year that the Russian government was behind the attack, but the FBI's arrests suggested otherwise. However, the attack has been recorded as one of the biggest violations of American bankin history.
Three of the people were arrested for charges of stock price manipulation, while the other two for the operation of an unlicensed Bitcoin exchange. Both categories do not seem to be directly related to last year's assault, but US officials confirm that there is a relationship.
Οι κατηγορούμενοι εντοπίστηκαν μετά από μια έρευνα του FBI που ανακάλυψς αποδείξεις που τους συνδέει με το hack της JP Morgan, καθώς και για παρόμοια περιστατικά που συνέβησαν στις Fidelity Investments Ltd. και E*Trade Financial Body.
Gery Shalon and Ziv Orenstein were arrested in Israel on Tuesday, while Joshua Samuel Aaron who is a citizen of USA who lives in Russia, remains elusive.
Yuri Lebedev and Anthony Murgio were arrested in Florida on the same day because they were administrators of a Bitcoin exchange called Coin.mx.
