A Russian who allegedly hacked JPMorgan Chase's servers is now in US custody

In 2014, some 76 million customers of JPMorgan Chase were reluctant to learn that hackers were circulating in the company 's databases containing their records for two months. Now, US officials have extradited the alleged Russian man responsible, Andrei Tyurin, from the Georgian nation and charged him in a New York court with a list of crimes including conspiracy, hacking, identity theft and electronic fraud. .

According to Bloomberg, this arrest is the result of a year-long investigation that the authorities said Tyurin was a major player in a hacker gang responsible for numerous financial crimes in several institutions:

This was the unlikely outcome of several years of research by the US authorities, who had closely followed a hacker who allegedly led to computer-related corporate fraud, including fraud, money laundering, credit cards and fake pharmaceuticals.

Three years ago, the federal authorities in New York exposed most of these details by describing a violation of the financial system that had created more than 80 million victims. Other target companies include Fidelity Investments, Dow Jones and Co., E * Trade Financial Corp. and Scottrade Financial Services Inc.

What the previous forensic documents did not disclose is the identity of the central hacker – eventually revealed in an unsealed indictment on Friday, under the name of Tyurin.

Other alleged conspirators were arrested in 2015 in Israel on charges related to stock trading at the pump and dump and to illegal Internet casinos. At the time, CBS New York wrote:

The act of d & # 39; The prosecution said that one or more of the defendants were also involved in other criminal activities since 2007, including manipulations in the US securities market and the operation of the company. at least a dozen Internet casinos violating US laws.

He also said that some of the massive computer attacks and cyberattacks occurred as men sought to steal competing Internet gambling businesses or secretly examine executives' e-mails to paralyze their rivals.

Austin Berglass of K2 Intelligence, who worked on the FBI's investigation of JPMorgan's violation, told CBS New York that the Israeli crew was not "the very sophisticated hackers of the day". 39, Eastern Europe ". undetected banking systems.

Gery Shalon was one of the people arrested. However, he has not yet been brought to justice, indicating that he may have overthrown his former compatriots and provides information about the activities of Tyurin and others involved with prosecutors.

According to Bloomberg, the authorities claim that Tyurin belongs to a class of Russian hackers linked to intelligence services who profit from criminal hacking, while providing valuable information to their Russian guardians. An anonymous source said that US spies attempt to recruit Tyurin by the Russian intelligence services and that it "seemed to make a broad recognition of banking systems." Bloomberg suggested that this could mean that he has information on intrusions into democratic computer systems before the 2016 elections, but without more specific information. It seems to be a Hail Mary game.

Russian officials have objected to his extradition to the United States, where he is also a sought-after man and, no matter what state secrets he knows, if at all, they will never see the light of day.

According to a press release from the Justice Ministry, Tyurin could be sentenced to decades in prison if he is found guilty.