The information didn’t include passwords or Social Security numbers, according to the statement. Bank account and credit- card data also weren’t compromised, according to a person briefed on the bank’s investigation who asked not to be named because the probe is ongoing.

Application Disabled

The bank’s inquiry found the employee may have been seeking to sell the stolen information, though there was no evidence any third party received it, according to the person. The firm has disabled the application used to access the data, the person said.

In 2011, Morgan Stanley’s brokerage unit said unencrypted compact discs containing tax information for 34,000 clients were lost in transit to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. The firm said at the time it found no evidence the data was misused.

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