New York – An employee of the US bank Morgan Stanley, according to the financial institution stolen the data from approximately 350,000 customers. Some of the information from about 900 customers, including account numbers and names are, briefly appeared on the Internet, however, been away quickly as the bank said.
Morgan Stanley had already informed the affected customers and changed the account numbers, shared the house with money on. According to present knowledge the affected customers had suffered no financial loss, it should not have been stolen passwords even social security numbers.
The theft was discovered on 27 December as part of a routine inspection, said a person familiar with the process person. How did the staff to get the data, initially remained unclear, the man was reportedly in the asset management, the Bank operates and was discharged. The data published on the Internet came from asset management clients that the employee has apparently widespread in the intention of remaining records for sale.
The bank informed claims to the supervisory authorities. A person familiar to the matter said that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation investigate the theft.
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