Nasdaq Hackers Another Blow to Investor Confidence

News that computer hackers had infiltrated the operator of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange is the latest blow for Wall Street as it works to repair an image with investors and traders dented by last year's "flash crash. " Nasdaq OMX Group NDAQ said on Saturday that it found "suspicious files" on its U.S. computer servers, but said there was no evidence hackers had accessed or acquired customer information or that its trading platforms were compromised. The news comes as flows into U.S. equity mutual funds show signs of recovering after years of outflows following the financial crisis and the debilitating experience of the "flash crash" last May that sent U.S. indexes plunging. Continue reading the article.