back to article Morgan Stanley fires rookie for stealing thousands of fat cats' financial files

Morgan Stanley has confirmed it sacked one of its financial advisers after he allegedly stole confidential data on up to 350,000 clients – information which then appeared online. According to the New York Times, in mid-December Morgan Stanley found on Pastebin sensitive information regarding 1,200 accounts belonging to 900 …

  1. Roo
    Windows

    Confused.

    That is so dumb I can't decide whether the crooks and/or financial institutions are getting dumber.

    Curious to find out why this person chose to dox 350K clients.

  2. Mark 65

    Financial Advisor?

    Given they wanted paying in Speedcoin I'm guessing that they were sacked for being too much of a risk taker even for MS.

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