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JPMorgan breach heightens data security doubts

By Alex Veiga
Published October 3, 2014 4:22am ET
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JPMorgan breach heightens data security doubts
JPMorgan Chase teller machines in New York City. The largest U.S. lender is expanding its consumer branch network into the Washington, D.C., region. | Frank Franklin II/Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — New details on a cyberattack against JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s computer servers this summer add to increasing doubts over the security of consumer data kept by lenders, retailers and others.

The New York-based bank disclosed Thursday that the breach compromised customer information pertaining to roughly 76 million households and 7 million small businesses.

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