Nasdaq Hacked
The Nasdaq stock exchange over the weekend said that hackers penetrated one of its computer systems, but that there was no evidence customer information or trading was compromised.
“Through our normal security monitoring systems we detected suspicious files on the US servers unrelated to our trading systems,” said Frank DeMaria, spokesman for Nasdaq OMX Group, parent company of the Nasdaq.
Nasdaq said its internet-based Directors Desk, which allows corporate boards to communicate and exchange information, was “potentially affected” by the breach, which was discovered at the end of last year, DeMaria said.
“The files were immediately removed and at this point there is no evidence that any Directors Desk customer information was accessed or acquired by hacker,” DeMaria’s statement continued.
Nasdaq’s trading platform operates separately, “and at no point was any of Nasdaq OMX’s operated or serviced trading platforms compromised”, he said.
The US Department of Justice was notified and is investigating. A spokesman for the FBI declined to comment.
Nasdaq said it also called in private forensic firms to assist its investigation.