A database breach at TD Ameritrade Holdings, Inc. exposed approximately 6.3 million account holders to an increase in spam. Account holder information, including e-mail addresses and phone numbers were stolen in the breach but more sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers, appears to have not been compromised. So far, there have been no reports of confirmed identity theft. Similar to the timeline of the TJX debacle, it appears that the breach could have occurred as far back as October and was only recently fixed.
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