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Urgent: Checking and savings account information stolen from major banks
Kommando.com ^ | 8-27-14 | Kim Kommando

Posted on 08/27/2014 7:30:24 PM PDT by TurboZamboni

Word has leaked that JPMorgan Chase and possibly four other banks have been hacked. Details are scarce at this point, but the FBI and other government agencies are involved in the investigation.

The hack allegedly took place earlier in August and hackers have siphoned off huge amounts of sensitive data from Chase, including checking and savings account information.

Even more concerning, sources say that the attack goes "far beyond the capabilities of ordinary hackers." Given the timing, some security experts are speculating it was the work of high-level Russian hackers.

According to an inside source, there has been no increase in fraud at JPMorgan Chase since the hack. However, it doesn't change the fact that if you're a Chase customer your most sensitive financial information may now be in the hands of criminals.

(Excerpt) Read more at komando.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Russia
KEYWORDS: banking; banks; chase; finance; hacked; hackers
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To: TurboZamboni

This is one of the reasons we stay with our hometown Credit Union...small potatoes (potatos).


81 posted on 08/28/2014 8:31:16 AM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: molson209

“Obama and his Criminal Organization(Administration) are probably helping the Russians out”

“...after the election...... I’ll be more flexible”... well, well, well..... you, molson209 are correct, I’d wager AND I hope I live long enough to see these DC $#%&@ burn in a hot spot for what they are doing to this great country.


82 posted on 08/28/2014 9:08:25 AM PDT by WaterWeWaitinFor (Would Winston Churchill stand still for all this nonsense? Cruz our new Churchill?)
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To: catnipman

I agree with you about seat belts. The are numerous examples of them saving lives. The questions I have about lifelock services are around what they are doing that I’m not already doing myself.

I have had an experience with a Bank card being skimmed. The Bank was proactive by de-activating the card. They never notified the customer. We found out several days later when we tried to use the card. We filed a police report, and it took several more days for the detectives to get the ATM videos. Needless to say, the bank was more worried about their exposure than they were about catching the criminals. I no longer do business with that bank. This is because IMHO the customer does not come first but covering their eventual lost did.


83 posted on 08/28/2014 9:14:53 AM PDT by Woodman
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To: Grampa Dave

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- Ho Ho that’s Rich, Marc Rich . . .


84 posted on 08/28/2014 9:19:22 AM PDT by devolve (- "If Obama puts on a USMC t-shirt to play basketball it does not mean he is not a silly pansy! -)
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To: Brother Cracker
I use a small hometown bank that hackers couldn’t find on Google Earth.

Me, too. Hackers wouldn't bother with my bank. Chase and the other big banks give the hackers much more bang for the buck (pun intended).

85 posted on 08/28/2014 9:21:10 AM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
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To: TurboZamboni

“Given the timing, some security experts are speculating it was the work of high-level Russian hackers.”

Or Obama hackers making it look like the Russians.


86 posted on 08/28/2014 9:38:27 AM PDT by Slambat
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To: catnipman

I never understood that if you put some money in the bank, you have to get Life Lock (now Life Lock Super Advantage Ultimate Plus with less fat)for $325 a year to protect what the bank should be protecting..


87 posted on 08/28/2014 10:10:16 AM PDT by RedhairRedhair (I STILL love my (scab made) Toyota)
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To: Vendome

Ever heard of a can opener?


88 posted on 08/28/2014 10:43:10 AM PDT by RipSawyer (OPM is the religion of the sheeple.)
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To: RedhairRedhair
"I never understood that if you put some money in the bank, you have to get Life Lock (now Life Lock Super Advantage Ultimate Plus with less fat)for $325 a year to protect what the bank should be protecting.."

Lifelock is a near scam in my opinion. Here's a couple of links consistent with that view:

http://www.amazon.com/LifeLock-Identity-Theft-Protection-Starter/product-reviews/B004KKSUS0

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2013/06/id-theft-protection-review-lifelock-consumer-reports/index.htm

The easiest and most effective thing someone can do to protect themselves is to go online to all of their accounts and set all of the notification settings to automatically send an email for EVERY transaction that exceeds some threshold. I set my thresholds all to $100.00. I now receive an email for every transaction for over $100.00 so monitoring my accounts occurs continuously and conveniently and FREE!

89 posted on 08/28/2014 11:02:22 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: ConservativeMind

Chase is new in our neighborhood having taken over WAMU. They called me twice trying to get me to do some business with them but the guy they sent in as a manager was too young and dumb to know his own system, conversations proved. But I’ve used two other banks for over half a century. I do not bank Online and my banks are under strict instructions to NEVER make any of my bank info available anyplace online. The local managers understand that if any of my dope EVER turns up online or any other place that ain’t me the next thing that will happen is one of my bulldozers will be remodeling their lobby first thing next morning. Sometimes they loan me money to buy equipment so they know I can do it. No sense of humor here about financial security. About a half century ago my ól’ Mom nearly shut down one of the local banks over one of the tellers shooting her mouth off about how much money another customer had. My Mom covered a lot of ground and she had people pulling money out of that bank by the bucket full. The bank Pres spent years sweet talking Mom to get her back but the damage was done. A few banks might need to burn if they don’t get serious about this personal financial security thing.

And by the way-—can somebody tell me why any bank would have to wire their entire record system into the internet to do business? My guess is they are fundamentally lazyass and cheap?


90 posted on 08/28/2014 11:16:35 AM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: RipSawyer

Yeah, it’s called a k-bar knife...

LOL


91 posted on 08/28/2014 11:34:57 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: TurboZamboni

Another day, another reason to bank at a small, locally owned bank. They will even call me if they get a check for something that is out of my usual spending type (like clothes instead of books). I am a name, not a number.


92 posted on 08/28/2014 12:22:30 PM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian. "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: Brother Cracker

LOL. Same here. My family has been banking there for over 100 years. I call up and they know me.


93 posted on 08/28/2014 12:24:06 PM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian. "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: reaganaut; upchuck

My small bank actually has free checking and bill paying. I’ve had great service for years and feel for those folk who use them big-city banks.


94 posted on 08/28/2014 12:35:40 PM PDT by Brother Cracker ( Mossberg 500 helps me deal with being old and cranky)
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To: Brother Cracker

Ditto here. The on-line bill pay is a real time saver: they cut the check, they supply the envelope, they even pay the postage. Use it all the time.

Been using this bank since 2003 and haven’t had any problems.

They make you feel like you’re part of their family. The woman at the drive through at the branch I use most often has been with the bank 18 years.


95 posted on 08/28/2014 12:42:47 PM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
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To: catnipman

Thanks for that suggestion.....I just did that for all of our accounts at our Credit Union!


96 posted on 08/28/2014 1:46:49 PM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods)
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To: TurboZamboni

Could be a coordinated Russian-Chinese super hack.


97 posted on 08/28/2014 2:44:15 PM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: Tired of Taxes
...that didn't stop hackers from recently stealing my information (I believe from hospital records) and opening accounts in my name. Trying to resolve the problem now...

It's too late to help in your situation but I what did about a year ago was to put a freeze/lock on my accounts at the 3 big credit bureaus. This way nobody can access my credit information. If a hacker tried to open a new account with my info, nobody would give him credit.

I can "unlock" it anytime I wish for a specified length of time then it's locked up again.
98 posted on 08/28/2014 3:52:46 PM PDT by Shannon
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To: TurboZamboni

Anyone know who the other banks are>?


99 posted on 08/28/2014 3:54:36 PM PDT by GOPJ (Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. —Thomas Mann)
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To: LUV W
Are you from Nigeria by any chance?

I hate Nigerian scams, they're bottom feeders and scum! Anyway, a close friend of my wife sticks her money in glass jars and buries them in her yard. And she was stupid enough to tell us. If you're going to do it, only tell your children! And swear them to secrecy. It can't be much money, as her house is decrepit and in need of repair. Anyway, I believe in putting your money in real estate, and not just shoving it into land (dirt). If you want to stick valuables in the ground, buy guns, grease them up and insert in waterproof wrappings into PVC pipes and bury them. That will be more valuable than depreciating cash.

100 posted on 08/28/2014 4:05:09 PM PDT by roadcat
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