October 4, 2014
Keeping Credit Cards and Bank Account Data from Hackers
Introduction
Ed Alcock for The New York Times
JPMorgan Chase has disclosed that the accounts of 83 million households and businesses were compromised this summer in a cyberattack. Nine other financial institutions were also infiltrated by the same group of overseas hackers.
This revelation follows the news last month that account information for 56 million cardholders was stolen by hackers from Home Depot.
As fraud losses continue to rise as a result of data breaches, what will it take to make bank accounts or credit cards secure?
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