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BY A.J. FEATHER
Morningstar, a Chicago based investment research provider, says a 2012 breach of its systems
may have put its clients personal information at risk.
"The company says an unauthorized acc ess occurred April 3, leaking credit card numbers,
names, addresses and passwords. Morningstar urges clients to monitor their credit card
accounts closely and reset their passwords." (via CLTV)
The company announced Friday that some 2,300 of its users whose credit card information
was stored on their system may have been compromised during a breach in April of 2012. In an
SEC filing, the company wrote, "At this point, we don't have any evidence to suggest that
any of the information that was compromised has been misused." (via Edgar Online)
The filing also noted, "An additional 182,000 clients who had email addresses and user-generated
passwords in the system may have been affected." (via Edgar Online)
Following Friday's announcement, Morningstar shares remained static, closing at $78.07
where they finished Wednesday. (via Yahoo!)
Morningstar says it moved customer data from old servers to a more secure system earlier
this year and will be offering 12 free months of identity protection to the affected customers.