Close to 650 Standard Chartered private bank clients in Singapore
have had their information stolen, the bank said on Thursday
evening.
Stanchart was informed of the theft by the police, its chief
executive for Singapore, Mr Ray Ferguson, told media at a hastily
arranged briefing.
Mr Ferguson said 647 of the private banking clients' monthly
statements for February this year were accessed illegally.
He added that the theft did not occur through the bank's IT and
data security systems.
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