Every day seems to bring a new story about a digital hack or intrusion-usually boring, only occasionally involving nudity. The recent incident at JPMorgan Chase, however, is worth paying attention to. The bank revealed that a data breach had affected the accounts of 76 million households and 7 million small businesses. Exactly who conducted the attack, and why, is murky. But the perpetrators were sophisticated and ambitious, and investigators have pointed to Russia. That makes some sense. Russia is mad at the U.S. generally for imposing sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine. Russia is mad at JPMorgan specifically for facilitating those sanctions. And Russia happens to be home to legions of talented cybercriminals whom the government notoriously tolerates.
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