LPL Financial Corporation notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on May 6, 2008, regarding a security breach where hackers compromised the logon passwords of 14 financial advisors and 4 assistants. The attackers used these credentials to access customer accounts to trade penny stocks. The incident affected 10,219 individuals, including 4 New Hampshire residents. Potentially accessible data included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. LPL engaged Kroll for credit monitoring and identity restoration services and implemented new security policies and personnel.
Affected (this filing): 10,219