It’s become a drearily familiar story: A data breach at a major company exposes troves of sensitive information, putting millions of people at risk of online fraud.
Last year, it was Marriott. The year before, Equifax.
This time, it’s Capital One, which said on Monday that a hacker had compromised the personal information of more than 100 million people, in one of the largest-ever thefts of data from a bank. For the vast majority of those consumers, the breach likely exposed details like names and addresses rather than Social Security and bank account numbers.
via Capital One Was Breached by a Hacker. Here’s What You Need to Know. – The New York Times.
