Was the JPMorgan Attack Part of a Larger Scheme?
Four have been arrested in connection with a series of fraudulent investment schemes involving penny stocks and Bitcoin that spanned the globe. Authorities suspect that some of the men arrested also had a hand in last summers hacking of JPMorgan, which compromised ht econtact information for 83 million bank customers. The huge compute attack may have been an attempt to fuel an ongoing pump-and-dump stock scheme. [7/22/15]