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What happened in the JPMorgan Chase breach case?
The title reflects the news as reported on September 17, 2019: Tyurin had agreed to plead guilty, with a court appearance scheduled for the following Monday. That announcement described a planned plea, not the final case outcome. The later Department of Justice sentencing announcement confirms that Tyurin pleaded guilty.
The breach at JPMorgan Chase occurred in 2014. DOJ said Tyurin’s hack of the bank resulted in the theft of personal information belonging to more than 80 million customers. That figure refers to JPMorgan Chase alone; it should not be confused with the larger total for the campaign involving multiple companies.
How large was Tyurin’s wider hacking campaign?
DOJ described Tyurin’s activity from approximately 2012 to mid-2015 as a broader campaign against financial institutions, brokerage firms, financial news publishers, and other companies. Across those victims, DOJ said personal information belonging to more than 100 million customers was stolen. The JPMorgan Chase figure is part of that broader account, not an additional total.
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What did prosecutors say the stolen information was used for?
According to DOJ’s account of the admitted campaign and related schemes, Tyurin acted at the direction of partner Gery Shalon. The stolen contact information was used in deceptive stock-promotion schemes. DOJ also tied hacking activity to illegal online gambling and payment-processing enterprises. These points describe the government’s account of the wider activity and related schemes; they should not be read as though every detail was separately adjudicated in the same criminal count.
What was Tyurin’s sentence?
On December 15, 2020, DOJ announced that Tyurin had been sentenced to 144 months in prison—12 years—and three years of supervised release. The court also ordered him to forfeit $19,214,956. DOJ said restitution would be determined at a separately scheduled hearing.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How does this case differ from other breach prosecutions?
Tyurin’s case concerns the JPMorgan Chase intrusion and his wider hacking campaign. It is distinct from the New Jersey prosecution of Vladimir Drinkman and Dmitriy Smilianets, which involved a separate, broader card-data conspiracy. The defendants and cases should not be conflated.
CyberScoop’s September 2019 report said Shalon’s prosecution remained unresolved at that time. That was a status update from 2019, not a statement about his current legal status.
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