A Russian hacker has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his involvement in the massive hacking of the networks of financial institutions, major media outlets, and other companies in the United States.
According to Acting U.S. Attorney Andrey Strauss of the Southern District of New York, the Russian hacker identified as Andrei Tyurin also known as Andrei Tiurin was sentenced for committing several felonies including computer intrusion, bank fraud, wire fraud, and illegal online gambling related to the massive network hacking.
Tyurin previously pleaded guilty to the charges against him. He admitted to engaging in extensive computer hacking targeting JP Morgan Chase, E-Trade, Scottrade, the Wall Street Journal, and other U.S. companies from 2012 to 2015. He also admitted committing cyberattacks against numerous U.S. and foreign companies from 2007 to 2015.
The Russian hacker and his co-conspirators committed the largest thefts of U.S. customer data
This Russian hacker also admitted that he stole the personal information of more than 100 million customers of the victim companies. His hacking of JP Morgan Chase alone resulted in the theft of persona data of over 80 million customers.
