More than 450K J.P. Morgan retirement accounts exposed in data breach, company said [Video]

The accounts of more than 450,000 people who have certain employee benefit retirement plans and receive monthly payments from J.P. Morgan were compromised earlier this year, NJ Advance Media has learned.

The company said it was not a cyberattack, but rather, a software issue that wrongly allowed three “authorized system users” to access information about the accounts.

The breach was discovered on Feb. 26, 2024 and it revealed names, addresses, Social Security numbers, payment and deduction amounts, as well as bank routing and account numbers for those who receive payments by direct deposit, the company said in a letter to the affected customers.