FBI Warns of Hacks by Moonlighting Foreign Agents

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-21/fbi-warns-of-hacks-by-moonlighting-foreign-agents.html

By Chris Strohm
Bloomberg.com
Oct 20, 2014

The FBI is probing whether foreign government agents raided the data banks 
of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) while moonlighting as criminals, a bureau 
official said.

The agents-turned-criminals who attacked JPMorgan and 13 other financial 
companies may have been operating with the knowledge and consent of their 
government, said Joseph Demarest, assistant director of the FBI’s cyber 
division.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seen a trend in which agents of 
foreign governments work with criminals to carry out hacking attacks for 
financial gain, Demarest said. He didn’t identify the foreign governments 
suspected of being involved.

“There’s a blending,” Demarest told reporters at a news conference 
yesterday in Washington. “They may be working as criminals by evening or 
dark of night and then during the day they’re working on behalf of some 
government.”

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