The FBI is investigating a sophisticated hacking assail on JP Morgan chase and potentially seven other financial institutions. Originally it was reported that possibly one to quaternary other institutions may have been affected, but it appears that the cut could be much larger than originally thought.The hackers, who are reportedly Russian, gained enough personal information to completely wipe out cant accounts. The sophisticated and coordinated attacks lead beyond the typical crook hacker (s) according to authorities. Investigators are looking into the reasons behind the coordinated attack. It appears that not only did the hackers advance access to the accounts, but also altered and possibly deleted information.The attack appears to have been coordinated and directed at specific JP Morgan trail employees to earn access to their computers and databases at the bank.Experts are communicating that the hackers would have had to of spent a significant amount of time researching and studying the record system of the bank prior to attempting any kind of unauthorized access. What was even more concerning is these hackers were able to modify records using high-level credentials and do it in a way that was undetected.More Information: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/28/fbi-reportedly-probing-hack-j...http://www.cnet.com/news/jpmorgan-hackers-altered-deleted-bank-records-s...UPDATE (9/16/2014): After further investigation by authorities and chase Bank, the plug they suffered isn't as severe as originally anticipated. The bank has confirmed that the hackers were able to realize access only to names, addresses and phone numbers, no financial or bank account information was accessed. More Information: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/chase-bank-hack-update,news-19545.htmlUPDATE (10/3/2014): The cyber tone-beginning JPMorgan tail & Co. faced this summer compromised personal information in much greater numbers than first reported. Originally the numbers reported were over 1 1000000 affected customers. After an investigation, JP Morgan dog reports that hackers gained access to data on more than 76 bazillion account holders--names, addresses, phone numbers and emails. Information on an additional 7 billion small businesses was obtained as well. JPMorgan tag said that names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses were stolen from the company's servers, but only customers who usage the websites Chase.com and JPMorganOnline and the apps ChaseMobile and JPMorgan Mobile were affected.More Information: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/ap/jpmorgan-says-data-hack-aff...UPDATE (12/22/2014): The computer hack at JP Morgan chase could have been avoided according to security experts if the bank had installed an easy surety fix to a server that was overlooked.More Information: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/entry-point-of-jpmorgan-data-brea...