Cybersecurity
Russian in Bank Hack Faces 15 to 20 Years, U.S. Says
- Tyurin hacked more than 80 million clients of JPMorgan, others
- Cyberattack scheme netted hundreds of millions of dollars
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A Russian who admitted carrying out one of the largest known cyberattacks against a U.S. bank is a “brazen and prolific” hacker who should serve as long as almost two decades in prison, U.S. prosecutors told a federal judge in advance of his sentencing.
Andrei Tyurin pleaded guilty in September 2019 to charges that he stole data on more than 80 million clients of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other institutions as part of a scheme that netted hundreds of millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains.