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 journal.
JP Morgan officials have argued since last year that the Russian government was behind the attack, but the FBI's arrests have shown something else. But as it does, the attack has been recorded as one of the biggest US bank breaches in history.
Three of the people were arrested on charges of manipulating her priceς των μετοχών, ενώ οι άλλοι δύο για τη mode ενός ανταλλακτηρίου Bitcoin χωρίς άδεια. Κι οι δύο κατηγορίες δεν φαίνεται να σχετίζονται άμεσα με την επίθεση του περασμένου έτους, όμως οι Αμερικανοί αξιωματούχοι επιβεβαιώνουν ότι υπάρχει σχέση.
The accused were located after a research of the FBI discovering evidence linking them to the JP Morgan hack, as well as similar incidents that occurred at Fidelity Investments Ltd. and E*Trade Financial Corp.
Gery Shalon and Ziv Orenstein were arrested in Israel on Tuesday, while Joshua Samuel Aaron, a US citizen living in Russia, remains inconceivable.
Yuri Lebedev and Anthony Murgio were arrested in Florida on the same day because they were administrators of a Bitcoin exchange called Coin.mx.