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| Charges brought in largest financial cyber hacking | Charges brought in largest financial cyber hacking |
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| US prosecutors have charged three men in connection with the largest cyber-attack in US history. | |
| Details of 100 million people were accessed by cyberthieves between 2012 and the summer of 2015. | Details of 100 million people were accessed by cyberthieves between 2012 and the summer of 2015. |
| At a press conference on Tuesday, US federal prosecutor Preet Bharara called the scheme "securities fraud on cyber-steroids". | |
| Twelve institutions were victims of the hacking, including JP Morgan, Fidelity and Dow Jones. | |
| US prosecutors said they were expanding charges against two Israeli men, Gery Shalon and Ziv Orenstein, as well as a US citizen, Joshua Samuel Aaron. | |
| Charges against the three men were expanded to include computer hacking and identity theft among 21 other counts. | Charges against the three men were expanded to include computer hacking and identity theft among 21 other counts. |
| The men allegedly manipulated stock prices by selling shares of companies to individuals whose contact information they had stolen and then dumping their own shares causing the price to fall. | The men allegedly manipulated stock prices by selling shares of companies to individuals whose contact information they had stolen and then dumping their own shares causing the price to fall. |
| The men were also charged with running an illegal payment processing business that they used to collect $18m (£11.9m) in fees. | The men were also charged with running an illegal payment processing business that they used to collect $18m (£11.9m) in fees. |
| Prosecutors claim the men hacked into to competitors systems to spy and hacked a credit card company investigating there payment process business so they would know how to avoid detection. | Prosecutors claim the men hacked into to competitors systems to spy and hacked a credit card company investigating there payment process business so they would know how to avoid detection. |
| Separate charges have also been brought against a Florida man, Anthony Murgio, who operated a unlicensed digital currency service and had previously been linked to the breach at JP Morgan. | Separate charges have also been brought against a Florida man, Anthony Murgio, who operated a unlicensed digital currency service and had previously been linked to the breach at JP Morgan. |
| The US Securities and Exchange Commission had already filed civil charges related to securities fraud against Mr Shalon, Mr Aaron and Mr Orenstein. | The US Securities and Exchange Commission had already filed civil charges related to securities fraud against Mr Shalon, Mr Aaron and Mr Orenstein. |
| Mr Aaron, 31, was a fugitive, believed to be living in Moscow, while Mr Shalon, 31, and Mr Orenstein, also 40, were in custody in Israel. | Mr Aaron, 31, was a fugitive, believed to be living in Moscow, while Mr Shalon, 31, and Mr Orenstein, also 40, were in custody in Israel. |