The Scottrade data breach affects 4.6 million accounts

Retail brokerage firm Scottrade has announced that it has been the victim of a major data breach. The company was informed of the disaster by federal law enforcement officials. Scottrade was previously unaware that the breach had taken place until that point. Interlopers were apparently active on the organization's network around the end of 2013 going into early 2014, and details from no less than 4.6 million user accounts were accessed, Engadget reports.The attackers were able to glean contact