The odds of a person eventually suffering a cyberattack are "pretty much 100% at this point," according to Bill Slattery, a former FBI special agent in the cyber division who now investigates cybercrime for Facebook.

Slattery spoke on an information security panel at the eMoney Advisor Summit Sept. 22, along with Michael Rappe of TD Ameritrade's Fraud Group and Bill French from the Fidelity Customer Protection and Financial Intelligence Group.

Among the biggest cyber risks financial firms face are email communications with clients that aren't actually from clients, Rappe said.

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