US Capital One Apr 2019 Hacking (Q16958)
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A data breach risk event
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US Capital One Apr 2019 Hacking
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A data breach risk event
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April 2019
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A former software engineer named Paige A. Thompson hacked into Capital Ones systems and accessed the information of more than 100 million credit-card applicants and customers, federal prosecutors said. An FBI agent said he tracked her down after she talked about it online. A software engineer in Seattle was behind a Capital One data breach that affected more than 100 million credit-card applicants and customers in the US and Canada, prosecutors alleged in a criminal complaint on Monday. Paige A. Thompson, a former Amazon employee, was arrested by the FBI in Seattle and appeared in court on Monday. She was charged with a single count of computer fraud and abuse. If convicted, she could face a sentence of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The breach occurred on March 22 and 23 (English)
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