Stock broker AB Capital hacked; PCSO denies data breach

Stock market broker AB Capital Securities admitted last Feb. 3 that its system was breached by hackers last Jan. 25, causing the temporary suspension of its trading activities for its clients. In an urgent advisory sent to their clients, AB Capital said the security breach may have exposed the personal information of some of their clients. "It is our responsibility to advise you, however, that the security breach that hit our system last January 25 may have exposed personal information of some clients. We are exhausting all potential methods to determine the specifics, and are committed to providing more information on this as we validate our findings," the brokerage firm said in an advisory. The National Privacy Commission (NPC), for its part, said that AB Capital had sent them a "physical copy" of a breach notification on that same day at 3 p.m. The NPC has an online tool called dat...