JPMorgan Breach Compromised Contact Info of 76 Million Households
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grummanaa5/iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — JPMorgan Chase confirmed on Thursday that 76 million households were impacted by a data breach that compromised contact information of the financial institution’s users.
A press release from JPMorgan noted that no account numbers, passwords, login IDs, birthdates or Social Security numbers appear to have been compromised. The only information at risk in the breach, the company says, are names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
“Your money at JPMorgan Chase is safe,” the release reads. In many recent data breaches concerning retail stores around the country, fraudulent activity on customers’ credit or debit cards have been spotted. That is not true for the JPMorgan breach, the company says. Additionally, any unauthorized transaction on users’ accounts can be promptly reported to the company, which will not hold the user liable.
“We are very sorry that this happened and for any uncertainty this may cause you,” JPMorgan said in a post to their websites, telling customers that they may not need to change passwords or account information.
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