HSBC confirms US data breach

HSBC confirmed some of its U.S. customers' accounts were breached in October.

Officials with the banking company indicated less than 1 percent of its U.S. customers were affected.

"HSBC regrets this incident, and we take our responsibility for protecting our customers very seriously," the bank said in a statement. "We have notified those customers whose accounts may have experienced unauthorised access, and are offering them one year of credit monitoring and identify theft protection service."

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