Cybersecurity Indictment Unsealed On Theft Of 100 Million Records

On November 10, 2015, Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States and Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, unsealed an indictment of three individuals on charges of computer hacking and conspiracy to commit computer hacking. Those charges followed an earlier indictment of the same three, in July 2015, for fraud, identity theft, and conspiracy. The indictments were the result of the investigative work of the FBI and the Secret Service. Two of the above defendants have been apprehended, although one, Joshua Aaron, remains at large.

The indictment relates to thefts of personal information discovered in August of 2014 from institutions including JP Morgan Chase & Co., Scottrade Financial Services Inc., and Dow Jones & Co. as identified by the media. The names and contact information of over 100 million customers of these and other banks, brokerages, and financial news publishers had been stolen: 80 million from one institution