Crooks Home In on Scottrade Client Contact Info
Financial Services // United States
The hackers appeared to want contact information even though the system that was penetrated contained Social Security numbers, email addresses and other sensitive data.
The FBI informed the firm of the breach in late August.
“We have secured the intrusion point and have strengthened our defenses,” a Scottrade official said.
Notifications were sent to current and former clients by email starting the morning of Oct. 2
Krebs on Security reports, "It may well be that the intruders were after Scottrade user data to facilitate stock scams, and that a spike in spam email for affected Scottrade customers will be the main fallout from this break-in."