A Breach That Spared the Market A cyberattack on stock market infrastructure does not always halt trading. Even so, it can still give criminals access to sensitive investor details. That is what the Romanian Central Depository, known as Depozitarul Central, faced this month. The depository reported a compromise of personal data from users of its online platform. Meanwhile, its key securities operations kept running as normal.

The Bucharest Stock Exchange is becoming increasingly vulnerable to sharp price swings as the effective free float of listed companies continues to shrink.