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view the charges of the case, talk about my code of ethics within the cyber realm and to create
my own commandments and ethics. When I read over this assignment, I thought finding a case
would be easy but identifying the hackers would be difficult. After some time, I looked at the
FBI's most wanted cyber hackers list. There are around 25 people who were on the list but just
one that caught my attention. Joshua Samuel Aaron, a hacker that went against my views and
ethics by attacking JPMorgan Chase and wiring money. The FBI wanted PDF had a list of laws
he broke, his connections, countries he likes to escape to and much more information. They had
more information on him than the rest of the hackers, I believe it's because he lived in the U.S.
of around 76 million households and 7 million small business were compromised. This incident
is known as the largest intrusion of an American Bank. JPMorgan Chase, like many other banks,
spend around 250 million dollars alone on cyber security, but the hackers were able to get in by
stealing login credentials from an employee. Their stocks fell 0.4% to $58.58 and barely gained
1% the next year. While investigating the attack, Chase found that there was no evidence that the
customer's financial information was stolen. Later, the executives said that only one million of
the accounts were truly affected, they try hard to contain any fallout and reassure the customers
that no money was taken from the attack. With only account addresses, phone numbers and
emails being exposed, Chase began to wonder why they didn't expose passwords or social
security numbers. It was interesting that the hackers, with the login credentials, were able to
create a list of the applications of the programs that ran on JPMorgan's computers so that they
could crosscheck with known vulnerabilities. The attack shook many businesses, it should how
The next year, the Justice Department announced that there were three men who made
the attack and stole 83 million customers' personal information during the attack. "Law
enforcement officials initially said the attacks came from hackers in Russia with loose ties to the
Russian government, but further announcement paints a different picture. The U.S. government
now alleges that the hack was orchestrated by men involved in a pump-and-dump stock
manipulation scheme." Out of the three men, the government made a wanted poster of just one
University and was a part of the fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa. He and his frat brothers were large
in the hive of digital moneymaking. They paid there way through college making Google ads,
persuading people to click links for almost everything from electronics to dating websites. They
would make thousands of dollars each month with just coding. Little did they know, his schemes
In freshman year, Josh met Anthony Murgio, they both became best friends and began to
hangout a lot. Murgio used to be a door-to-door kitchen knife salesmen until Josh introduced him
into "affiliate marketing." It was a popular job on campus and helped a plethora of students
through school. Murgio made vacation-rental websites and said he made $800,000 in his time of
college. He opened a restaurant and a nightclub which was three blocks from campus after
graduating. Later on, he filed for bankruptcy protection, citing $545,000 in debt and was arrested
in allegedly stealing $111,000 in unreported sales taxes. Once he paid his taxes, he was released.
Aaron dropped out and moved to Miami, where he started multiple companies that made
air purifiers, home-security business, and an internet marketing firm. Both Aaron and Murgio
remained friends through their time of business and Murgio wrote about the products that he and
Aaron had made. Aaron didn't leave any public messages online and was deep in a stock fraud
scheme with an Israeli friend. Later on, he got married and moved to Israel. His bachelor party in
Amsterdam got him reunited some frat brothers, as well as Murgio. His wedding was Spetember
10, two weeks after the FBI publicly announced it was investigating the breach at JPMorgan.
Murgio was highly active on the internet, posting about libertarian causes, using a photo
of him and Ron Paul on his Facebook, registered the Coin.mx domain and started a Bitcoin
exchange. "Prosecutors allege the Bitcoin exchange laundered illicit funds, including extortion
payments made to hackers. In a 16 month period it exchanged a total of at least $1.8 million,
according to court documents. "Anyone who really knows him believes this is all a
misunderstanding," Wilson (Murgio's ex-girlfriend) says." Later on, Aaron and Murgio was seen
In July 21, 2015, Murgio was "accused of running a Bitcoin exchange that laundered
money for hackers. Aaron was accused of a pump-and-dump scam that used expertly crafted
spam e-mails to lure investors into worthless penny stock purchases, generating $2.8 million in
illicit profits...an FBI memo reviewed by Bloomberg also links the two men to last summer's
Murgio was later arrested in Tampa and was free on bond. At the time, Aaron's
whereabouts were unknown. On May 23, 2016, the Russian authorities arrested Josh Aaron, he
was going under a false identification Mike Shields. Israel also arrested two other men, Gery
Shalon and Ziv Orenstein, who had ties to the cyber attack. The three were charged with 23
counts of alleged crimes that targeted 12 companies, including 9 financial service companies.
On the FBI wanted poster of Josh Aaron, it states that broke the following laws:
Computer Hacking
Securities Fraud
They also did release the following laws broken by Josh Aaron, Ziv Orenstein and Gery Shalon:
Computer Hacking x 2
Securities Fraud x 7
Wire Fraud
Schemes.
Now, unfortunately, I was not able to get the case information because it has not gone on trial
yet. All the counts of illegal gambling and internet gambling fall upon Shalon and Orenstein.
When they were caught, Israel saw that they were making money off of unlicensed internet
gambling and I believe sharing the wealth with each other. Seeing these broken laws influnced
me to be a defensive hacker more than offensive. It is pretty scary to commit these crimes and in
this day and age, people will get caught during or after the attack. No amount of money is worthy
I have five codes of ethics that will keep me from becoming a cyber terrorist. Number
one: Not to associate with malicious hackers nor engage in any malicious activities. It is self-
explanatory but engaging in terrible actions could cause endanger thousands to millions of
people that are related to the target. Number 2: Not to be convicted in any felony, or violated
any law of the land. To be hired by a company, it is important to not have a criminal history, I
four. It is highly important to maintain professionalism so that the company and coworkers will
take me seriously, not as a joke trying to make money from others. My last code is to never to
knowingly use software or process that was obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.
This could jeopardize the company faster than a hear beat. Using software that was illegal could
cause the company to be shut down. With these codes, I can maintain a good job and not break
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