Morgan Stanley discloses data breach after the hack of a third-party vendor

From cyberdefensemagazine.com

Morgan Stanley discloses data breach after the hack of a third-party vendor

Investment banking firm Morgan Stanley has disclosed a data breach after threat actors have compromised the Accellion FTA server of the third-party vendor Guidehouse.

The company has offices in more than 42 countries and more than 60,000 employees, it has clients in multiple industries.

Guidehouse provides account maintenance services to Morgan Stanley’s StockPlan Connect business, hackers breached its Accellion FTA server and stole information belonging to Morgan Stanley stock plan participants.

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