Tate Jarrow ’04 Winner of the 2016 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal. Another Secret Service colleague, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Kenneth Pleasant, said Jarrow is “very unassuming and very humble, but once you turn him loose, he is a pit bull. He has the ability to step into cases, dig deep and track things down quickly.” Working with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, Jarrow helped collect evidence against individuals recently indicted for hacking into the computer systems of several large U.S. financial institutions, U.S. brokerage firms, a major news publication and other companies. Click here to watch the video: https://vimeo.com/183351506.
Prosecutors said the breaches exposed the personal information belonging to more than 100 million people. More than 80 million of those stolen files came from customers at JPMorgan Chase, according to numerous news accounts. This breach represented the largest single theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution in history, according to federal prosecutors. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Stuart Tyron said Jarrow has shown a unique ability to “pull many pieces of a case together” and to “work with law enforcement partners around the world.” “He has demonstrated that U.S. law enforcement has the ability to consistently go outside U.S. borders to investigate cybercrimes and bring people to justice,” Tyron said. “We see Tate as being on the cutting edge of our investigative mission.” Read More