Scottrade Breach Hits 4.6 Million Customers
Summary: Scottrade disclosed a breach affecting contact information and possibly Social Security numbers on 4.6 million customers, after federal law enforcement officials told the St. Louis-based brokerage about crimes involving stolen data from Scottrade and other financial services companies. The company said the unauthorized access occurred over several months between late 2013 and early 2014, that client passwords remained encrypted, and that it learned of the theft from the FBI and is working with agents in Atlanta and New York.
Why it matters: The firm learned about the intrusion from the FBI rather than its own security team, and the access went unnoticed for roughly two years across a database that held Social Security numbers and email addresses alongside the contact data described as the focus.
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