Investment bank Morgan Stanley fell victim to attacks by hackers

According to Bloomberg News, U.S. bank Morgan Stanley has been under attack by hackers, which resulted in the hands of criminals were closed data concerning the bank's activities and interests of its clients. It is reported that the Morgan Stanley network infiltrated by the same group of hackers that year and a half ago, attacked the resources of Google and a dozen other American IT companies. Data on the burglary Morgan Stanley became known by accident - as a result of yet another burglary. A few weeks ago a hacker group Anonymous hacked servers with the documents of the company HBGary, which carried a number of orders of the U.S. government-related IT services. The documents stated that an audit conducted by specialists HBGary, revealed the fact of breaking Morgan Stanley as a result of the operation of so-called Aurora. Recall that the fact of this attack in January 2010 and reported by the company Google, which has accused the authorities of China in the patronage of hacker activity. As a result, the audit found that Morgan Stanley, as the world's largest broker in transactions in mergers and acquisitions, provided unauthorized access to the group of hackers Aurora for many months. In the hands of the kidnappers were data relating to mergers of many companies, as well as significant amounts of financial data. "They (Morgan Stanley) were seriously affected by these attacks, Aurora", - says Philip Wallisch, a senior safety engineer HBGary. In a letter dated May 10, Wallisch said chapter HBGary Penny Leavy Hoglund that Morgan Stanley has given hackers access to a "very sensitive information." In addition, he requested the letter did not disclose the fact of burglary in public, as this can have serious negative consequences for the bank. At Morgan Stanley now will not comment on the situation. Source: CyberSecurity.ru