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Russian in Massive JPMorgan Data Hack Sentenced to 12 Years

Tyurin was hacker-for-hire in cross-border cybercrime spree
U.S. says he stole data on 140 million clients of bank, others

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By Christian Berthelsen

January 7, 2021 at 12:34 PM EST

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January 7, 2021 at 2:22 PM EST

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A Russian hacker who carried out one of the largest cyberattacks against a U.S. bank was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Andrei Tyurin, who pleaded guilty in 2019 to stealing data on clients of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other companies, was the hired hacker in a scheme that netted hundreds of millions of dollars and affected almost 140 million clients, prosecutors said.

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