Prosecutors charge 3 hackers for largest Cyber attack in US history

Date

11/11/2015 3:38:33 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)

New York: US Prosecutors have charged three men accused of masterminding the largest cyber-attack on financial companies in US history.

Personal information for 100 million people was accessed by cyber-thieves between 2012 and the summer of 2015.

US federal prosecutor Preet Bharara called the scheme "securities fraud on cyber-steroids". Twelve companies were victims of the hacking including JPMorgan and asset manager Fidelity.

US prosecutors said they were expanding charges against two Israeli men Gery Shalon and Ziv Orenstein as well as a US citizen Joshua Samuel Aaron.

Charges against the three men were expanded to include computer hacking and identity theft among 21 other counts.

QNA

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