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Morgan Stanley last month fired financial
adviser Galen Marsh for allegedly stealing account information
from about 350,000 of its wealth management clients and posting
some of it online.
Federal law-enforcement officials are focusing their probe on
the possibility that Marsh's computer was hacked, the Journal
said. (http://on.wsj.com/1zoSBth)
It is unclear who might have been responsible for the hack and
officials haven't arrested anyone in connection with their
ongoing investigation, the newspaper said.
Morgan Stanley said that the leaked information included
clients' names and account numbers, but not passwords or Social
Security numbers.
The company said at that time it was investigating the breach
and has referred the matter to regulators and law enforcement
authorities who are conducting separate investigations. The FBI
and FINRA were among the enforcement agencies looking into the
matter.
Representatives of Morgan Stanley, FINRA and the FBI were not
immediately available for comment outside regular U.S. business
hours.
The leadership team of Morgan Stanley's wealth management
business has been visiting brokerage offices around the country
to reassure advisers and clients in the wake of the data theft.
(Reporting by Supriya Kurane in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar
Warrier)
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