Friday, September 14, 2007

Ameritrade customer data stolen

Omaha World Herald

Names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of TD Ameritrade brokerage customers were taken after somebody hacked into the Omaha company's database.

The company found out about the hacking and investigated after clients complained about getting spam, including stock tips, at the e-mail addresses they used for trading at the online brokerage.

The hackers had access to contact information on all of the company's 3.6 million accounts, spokeswoman Kim Hillyer said today, but the company would not say how many addresses were taken.

Social Security numbers, birth dates and account numbers were in the database but the company said there was no evidence they were taken.

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