US charges three in massive hack attack

WASHINGTON: -- Three men, including two Israelis, have been charged in the US with offences linked to a computer hacking and fraud scheme dating back to 2007.

Gery Shalon, Joshua Samuel Aaron and Ziv Orenstein, allegedly launched a huge cyber attack on the JPMorgan Chase and 11 other companies, generating hundreds of millions of dollars. All three face a 23- count indictment with alleged crimes against companies which include The Wall Street Journal.

Separate charges have also been brought against a Florida man, Anthony Murgio, who operated a unlicensed digital currency service and had previously been linked to the breach at JPMorgan.

It’s claimed the crime caused the exposure of personal information of belonging to more than 100 million people.


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-11-11

yeah they will take some pretty heavy action against anyone that messes with the big banks like JP Morgan Chase. The politicians need to take care of the hands that feeds them.

My guess is that these guys will get a very harsh sentence.

yet the banks can steal trillions, almost destroy the worlds economy and to date only ONE guy has been given any jail time. This world really bites sometimes.

Blow their brains out on TV to show what should happen to hackers. They don,t even have the guts to walk into a bank and say "Stick ,em up" !

Blow their brains out on TV to show what should happen to hackers. They don,t even have the guts to walk into a bank and say "Stick ,em up" !

But the banks have been sticking it up people for years and they get bonuses for it.

Good!

Anyone who hacks someones computer to get private information or sends out viruses should have the book thrown at them.

I have no mercy for people who cause destructive harm to innocent people.

US citizen and Israeli resident Aaron is currently in St. Petersberg, Russia with his wife. Like Snowden, he is outside the reach of U.S. law-enforcement authorities.

US citizen and Israeli resident Aaron is currently in St. Petersberg, Russia with his wife. Like Snowden, he is outside the reach of U.S. law-enforcement authorities.

So may as well be in prison if his entire life is to be spent in Russia? Imagine being super rich, but unable to move freely?