Morgan Stanley Probe Said to Examine If Adviser Hacked

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/morgan-stanley-probe-said-to-examine-whether-adviser-got-hacked

By Michael J Moore
Bloomberg Business
February 18, 2015

Bloomberg -- A U.S. probe into how Morgan Stanley client information ended 
up for sale on the Internet is examining whether a financial adviser was 
targeted by hackers after he took data from the bank, two people briefed 
on the inquiry said.

While Galen Marsh was dismissed for obtaining information on as many as 
350,000 wealth-management clients, his lawyer said last month that the 
30-year-old financial adviser didn’t seek to sell or use it for personal 
gain. Federal investigators are trying to determine whether his computer 
was breached after he removed data from the firm, the people said. There’s 
no evidence Morgan Stanley’s own computers were hacked, said one of the 
people, who’s familiar with the company’s review.

“Right from the beginning, we have stated very clearly, that Mr. Marsh had 
nothing to do with any information being posted on the Internet,” Marsh’s 
lawyer, Robert C. Gottlieb of Gottlieb & Gordon LLP, said Wednesday in a 
phone interview.

Morgan Stanley, owner of the world’s largest brokerage, has sought to 
contain the fallout since learning in December that someone had posted 
information about 900 customers on the website Pastebin and asked 
potential buyers to pay for more with a virtual currency. The firm said 
last month that it had the data promptly removed from public view and that 
it notified law enforcement.

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