Three charged in massive JPMorgan hacking case

U.S. prosecutors have charged three men in connection with the massive 2014 breach of JPMorgan’s computers, which impacted more than 83 million small business and household accounts.

{mosads} The indictment, unsealed Tuesday, describes the hack as “the largest theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution in history.”

The 68-page document names the alleged hackers for the first time, leveling 23 charges against Gery Shalon, Joshua Samuel Aaron and Ziv Orenstein. Shalon and Orenstein are Israeli natives. Aaron is a U.S. citizen.

The indictment alleges that the defendants were part of a sprawling hacking scheme that involved at least one other unnamed participant.

The charges including computer hacking, wire fraud and securities fraud.  

A second indictment accuses Anthony Murgio of operating an illegal bitcoin exchange included in the charges listed in the indictment against Shalon, Ornstein and Aaron.

The group allegedly manipulated stocks and conducted a series of cyberattacks on 12 companies, including JPMorgan and Dow Jones & Company.

According to the indictment, the group worked with crooked stockbrokers to pump up prices, laundered money and operated several online casinos and the illegal bitcoin exchange.

The group allegedly “relied for their success on computer hacking and other cybercrimes,” using malware and phishing schemes and exploiting software vulnerabilities.

Authorities arrested the four men over the summer.