Boston, MA 09/15/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Provider of Diversified financial services, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) appears to be finding the task of cyber attack scope by the hackers a tough one than it might have originally thought it to be. It seems that the company would have to spend a lot of time and energy to first of all find the extent to which hackers gained entry into its servers.
Scope of Attack
It has been more than two months since the hackers were able to gain entry into the bank’s dozen servers, New York Times reported quoting three people with knowledge on the investigation. The source believed that the entry into servers could provide the hackers with how the company’s individual computer performs.
The bank seemed to have found that the hackers were in a position to review about a million customer accounts information apart from gaining entry to some of the software applications that the bank has installed on its computers. The report said that over 90 servers of the bank were affected, which would provide the hackers with a higher level of privileges in the banking systems.
There was a possibility of hackers crosschecking the applications and programs of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) with known weaknesses of security focusing for a program that was not patched to gain entry. As of now, the bank is finding it difficult to pinpoint the extent of access that the hackers were able to gain entry, and no time limit can also be set to bring out the details.
Well-Planned Attack
Investigators seemed to have been convinced that the hackers have planned the attack for months if the level of sophistication is any indication. They were also not ruling out the possibility of some assistance or coordination by a foreign government. Investigators also appear to be working on a theory that the hackers were most likely from Russia.
There have been reports of Federal Bureau of Investigation investigating into cyberattack by the hackers in the last more than a month. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) officials were also met, and the Bank too hired outside security experts to probe the matter to restore its systems.
No Money Lost
Significantly, the New York Times report pointed out a source saying that account holders’ Social Security numbers or financial information were not accessed by hackers thus suggesting that there was no loss of money. The hackers might have reviewed details such as phone numbers, addresses and names.
