http://www.cnbc.com/id/102292464
By Everett Rosenfeld, Jeff Cox, Mary Thompson
CNBC.com
Jan 5, 2015
Morgan Stanley said Monday that it terminated an employee for stealing
wealth management data from up to 10 percent of its clients, or about
350,000 people.
The bank said there is thus far "no evidence of any economic loss" for its
clients. Still, data for about 900 clients—including account names and
numbers—were briefly posted online, the firm said.
Morgan Stanley is the second-largest wealth manager in the country and the
sixth-largest holding company, with assets of $814.5 billion. The company
said the information did not include Social Security numbers or passwords.
"Morgan Stanley takes extremely seriously its responsibility to safeguard
client data, and is working with the appropriate authorities to conduct
and conclude a thorough investigation of this incident," the company said
in a release.
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