Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US Securities and change commission has fined ternion brokerage firms on Monday for neglecting to secure employee accounts, incidents that led to the exposure of their customers data. Cetera advisor Networks LLC, Cetera investment Services LLC, Cetera Financial Specialists LLC, Cetera Advisors LLC, and Cetera Investment Advisers LLC (collectively, the�Cetera�entities); Cambridge investment research Inc. and Cambridge Investment research Advisors Inc. (collectively,�Cambridge); and KMS Financial Services Inc. (KMS) all settled with the sec in three separate lawsuits [PDF:�Cetera,�Cambridge,�KMS], the agency announced this week. show more on The Record.