The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Morgan Stanley on July 10, 2020. The breach history indicated potential exposure of personal information related to customer accounts due to mishandling of decommissioned equipment that may have contained unencrypted data; however, the exact breach date is not available.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-191926
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/morgan-stanley
"id": "mor037072925",
"linkid": "morgan-stanley",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Morgan Stanley',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'attack_vector': 'Mishandling of decommissioned equipment',
'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'Unencrypted',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal information'},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-07-10',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Morgan Stanley on July 10, 2020. The breach '
'history indicated potential exposure of personal information '
'related to customer accounts due to mishandling of '
'decommissioned equipment that may have contained unencrypted '
'data; however, the exact breach date is not available.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal information related to customer '
'accounts'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-07-10',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Morgan Stanley Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unencrypted data on decommissioned equipment'}