The Illinois Attorney General’s Office is investigating the...
The Illinois Attorney General’s Office is investigating the cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase that exposed the personal information of 83 million customers, a spokesperson confirmed Monday. JPMorgan late last week revealed the scale of the attack through an SEC filing (http://bit.ly/1uSaYsO),…
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which topped the bank’s previous predictions (WID Oct 6 p1). “A breach of this size and significance demands a comprehensive response from the highest level of our government,” said Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan in a statement. She chastised JPMorgan over its public messaging following the breach. The bank is “trying to diminish the extent of the breach,” she said. “That Chase only revealed the still limited details of the breach in a regulatory filing makes the situation worse,” Madigan said. “Millions of Americans trusted Chase to secure their money and personal information, but by failing to be forthcoming, they have lost their confidence in Chase.” Reuters reported Friday that the Connecticut Attorney General is also investigating the breach, which was uncovered over the summer (http://reut.rs/1yHT3Yl), but the office did not respond to requests for confirmation. JPMorgan declined to comment.