FXCM updates on cybersecurity incident, estimates investigation costs at $700,000 LeapRate

March 12, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FXCM updates on cybersecurity incident, estimates investigation costs at $700,000

US Forex broker FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) has just filed its Annual Report (10-K) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with the document containing details about the company's financial metrics for 2015 and the renegotiated deal with Leucadia, developments of which LeapRate has already informed you. The document is interesting in that it also provides additional…

October 03, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Online trading hacks continue, Scottrade admits to client info breach

Online trading and banking giant Scottrade has admitted that hackers successfully accessed their systems, gaining access to certain information on up to 4.6 million clients. The information accessed apparently includes just client names and street addresses. More sensitive data such as Social Security numbers and email addresses were not compromised. Scottrade is one of the US's largest…

October 01, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

FXCM comments on incident involving unauthorized access to customer information

The incident, which involved unauthorized wire transfers from a number of customer accounts, is now subject to an investigation by FXCM and the FBI.

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