← Scottrade

2015 Scottrade — 4.6M brokerage customers

2015 4.6M records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, email addresses

Technical writeup

Scottrade, the online brokerage (now part of TD Ameritrade), disclosed a breach affecting 4.6 million customers. The breach occurred when hackers gained unauthorized access to the company's network and customer database.

Root cause

Unauthorized access; hacking

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