(COF) said the hack occurred March 22 and 23 and includes credit card applications as far back as 2005. Worried about the Capital One hack? Here’s what to do.Don’t trust companies to protect your data.To prevent breaches like Capital One, Congress needs to act.Breach exposed bank data for the most financially vulnerable customers.Why are we still using Social Security numbers as ID?.Thompson’s attorney could not be immediately reached for comment. Thompson was arrested Monday in connection with the breach, the Justice Department said. She was able to gain access by exploiting a misconfigured web application firewall, according to a court filing. (AMZN) Web Services, the cloud hosting company that Capital One was using, the Justice Department said.
The 33-year-old, who lives in Seattle, had previously worked as a tech company software engineer for Amazon Paige Thompson is accused of breaking into a Capital One server and gaining access to 140,000 Social Security numbers, 1 million Canadian Social Insurance numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers, in addition to an undisclosed number of people’s names, addresses, credit scores, credit limits, balances, and other information, according to the bank and the US Department of Justice.Ī criminal complaint says Thompson tried to share the information with others online. In one of the biggest data breaches ever, a hacker gained access to more than 100 million Capital One customers’ accounts and credit card applications earlier this year.
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