Submission + - Capital One Says Hacker Breached Accounts Of 100 Million People; Ex-Amazon Emplo (forbes.com)
CaptainDork writes: Capital One said Monday that sensitive financial information—including social security and bank account numbers—from over 100 million people were exposed in a massive data breach that led to the arrest of former Amazon employee Paige Thompson, a hacker who lives in Seattle.
The information was taken from credit card applications submitted to the Virginia-based bank from 2005-2019. These included names, addresses, zip codes/postal codes, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth and self-reported income.
Additionally, Capital One said that 140,000 Social Security and 80,000 linked bank account numbers were compromised as well as fragments of transaction data from a total of 23 days during 2016, 2017 and 2018.
No credit card account numbers or log-in credentials were exposed.
Individuals whose information was compromised in the breach will be notified by Capital One.
The information was taken from credit card applications submitted to the Virginia-based bank from 2005-2019. These included names, addresses, zip codes/postal codes, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth and self-reported income.
Additionally, Capital One said that 140,000 Social Security and 80,000 linked bank account numbers were compromised as well as fragments of transaction data from a total of 23 days during 2016, 2017 and 2018.
No credit card account numbers or log-in credentials were exposed.
Individuals whose information was compromised in the breach will be notified by Capital One.
