Fwd: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b4d6eab4-78e4-11e4-b518-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=uk#axzz3KdYU7Ohj

that's kind of interesting, not for the hack itself but more because it =eans that either there's somebody who works in finance that is =ankrolling these people OR they think they can sell the info (which =till requires a contact of some sort in the financial world). If it was =tate-sponsored they would have hacked the companies directly I would =ay (more bangs for the bucks).

Thought exercise: what if you hack these firms, open your positions on =he market while at the same time you publish anonymously all the info =ou stole? I think that if you time everything right that provides =lausible deniability on the hack in case of a SEC investigation and =lus it should magnify the effect of whatever info you stole

2nd thought exercise: if you do the same thing but with central banks =hen you don't even need somebody to bankroll you since you can usually =et a 1:50 leverage (at the very least) on FX for G7 currencies