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KeyBank Reports Hackers of Third-Party Provider Stole Customer Data

Hackers stole personal data including Social Security numbers, addresses and account numbers of home mortgage holders at KeyBank, the bank reports, in the breach of a third-party vendor that serves multiple corporate clients. The hackers obtained the information on July …

Vendor Data Breach Exposed Morgan Stanley’s Corporate Client Data

Morgan Stanley has disclosed that personal data of some of its corporate clients was stolen in January in a data breach that involved a third-party vendor and hackers accessed information, including social security numbers. Files stolen also included client names, …

Capital One Investors Wary of Reputational Impact of Data Breach

Capital One Financial Corp.’s assurances that a major data breach would have a limited impact on customers or profit failed to convince investors on Tuesday, with the bank’s shares closing down 5.9%. Capital One said the prior day that 106 …

Capital One Reports Data Breach of 100 Million Accounts; Suspect Arrested

Capital One Financial Corp. said on Monday personal information including names, addresses, phone numbers and credit scores of about 100 million individuals in the United States and 6 million people in Canada were obtained by a hacker who has been …

UK Banks Reluctant to Report Extent of Relentless Cyber Attacks

Britain’s banks are not reporting the full extent of cyber attacks to regulators for fear of punishment or bad publicity, bank executives and providers of security systems say. Reported attacks on financial institutions in Britain have risen from just 5 …

Lawmakers Seek Details on Financial Services Firms’ Data Breaches

Leading Democrats in both houses of Congress sent letters on Tuesday to 16 major banks and other financial firms requesting detailed information about recent data breaches and briefings from corporate data security officials. Among the companies targeted in letters sent …