Website functionality for the major bank, Chase (JP Morgan Chase), is down. http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/14/technology/Chase_online_service/index.htm?source=cnn_bin&hpt=Sbin This goes to show how even the biggest companies, like the $2-trillion-in-assets Chase bank, can have compromised websites that crash. While no information has been provided as to the crash, our own speculation would be a major security breach.  A simple crash of functionality would otherwise have been quickly fixed by a new server or re-upload of prior working code. Chase has blocked out all ability to log in, which may ...

This chilling article reveals just how easy it is to predict a 9 digit Social Security number, and ways to help protect yourself. http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/FinancialPrivacy/social-security-number-code-cracked.aspx