MT: Hacker steals Davidson Cos. clients' data

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/NEWS01/801300301

A computer hacker broke into a Davidson Companies database and obtained 
the names and Social Security numbers of virtually all of the Great Falls 
financial services company's clients.

The database included information such as account numbers and balances, 
said Jacquie Burchard, spokeswoman for Davidson Companies. However, the 
hacker didn't get access to the accounts.

[.]

The computer hacker accessed information on 226,000 current and former 
clients, Burchard said.

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