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Hackers Aim at Financial Advisers, Seeing Easy Prey

Financial advisers who don’t aggressively monitor their computer networks are at particular risk from cyber attackers. So reports The Financial Times.

businesswoman 4126486 640smallShawn Henry, president of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Services, emphasized the need to cut down the “dwell time” hackers spend on advisers’ networks before they are detected.

Jason Lish, chief security officer at Arizona-based Advisor Group, said the threat is especially acute for large broker-dealers, whose advisers across the country may each have their own networks and technology vendors.

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