Morgan Stanley: An employee stole partial client data

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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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