HSBC: Data theft incident broader than first thought
HSBC said Thursday about 15,000 accounts of its Swiss private banking unit were compromised after an employee allegedly stole data, some of which ended up in the hands of French tax authorities.
The latest figure is sharply higher than the one the bank gave in December, when HSBC said the number of account records taken was less than 10. HSBC said it does not think the records could be used to access an account.
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