[ISN] Nasdaq Hasn't Lost Any Clients Because Of Hacking - Executive

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:10:05 -0600 (CST)
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110322-714075.html

By Kristina Peterson 
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 
MARCH 22, 2011 

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ) hasn't lost any 
clients at its corporate-communications service because of last month's 
disclosure that its systems were hacked in the past year, a company 
official said Tuesday.

The February divulgence that hackers had breached Nasdaq's Directors 
Desk service hasn't prompted any clients to leave the service, which 
allows company boards to store and share documents online, Demetrios 
Skalkotos, Nasdaq senior vice president of global corporate solutions, 
said in an interview Tuesday.

"No clients have left based on the incident," Skalkotos said. The 
service has also added new clients in the first quarter, he said.

In February, The Wall Street Journal reported that hackers had installed 
"malware" files in the Directors Desk network at Nasdaq, which owns the 
Nasdaq Stock Market. Exchange officials said the files were removed 
immediately and that no customer information was accessed. Trading 
systems weren't affected by the hacking.

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