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Join the Cybersecurity and Incident Response Group on LinkedInCapital One will pay $80 million over hack. – The New York Times
Capital One has agreed to pay $80 million to settle federal bank regulators’ claims that it lacked proper cybersecurity protocols, more than a year after a Seattle-based software engineer hacked into a cloud server and stole customers’ social security numbers, bank account information and credit card applications, regulators said Thursday. via Capital One will pay […]
Senators urge investigation of Amazon’s role in Capital One hack
Two lawmakers want to know about Amazon’s role in the Capital One hack that exposed data of 100 million customers. U.S. Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday asking it to investigate whether Amazon’s failure to secure the servers it rented to Capital One violated […]
Accused Capital One hacker indicted on wire, computer fraud charges | Q13 FOX News
Paige Thompson, 33, of Seattle, was arrested in July after allegedly obtaining information from more than 100 million Capital One credit applications. The Justice Department said Wednesday that she was indicted on charges of wire fraud and computer fraud in connection with the breach, which included over 30 other companies and organizations. According to court […]
Capital One data breach suspect seeks release from jail – National | Globalnews.ca
Lawyers for a transgender woman charged in a massive data breach at Capital One asked a judge Tuesday to release her from federal custody, saying that for her to remain jailed with men is a serious threat to her mental health. Paige Thompson, a talented computer programmer from Seattle who goes by the online handle […]
Capital One Turns to Equifax Counsel in Data Breach Lawsuits | Law.com
Balser stepped into the Capital One case on the heels of the Equifax litigation. To represent Equifax, Balser teamed with Phyllis Sumner, King & Spalding’s chief privacy officer, who leads the firm’s data, privacy and security practice. Equifax, a credit-reporting agency, suffered a breach that compromised the personal information of 147 million of its customers. Balser negotiated […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Probes Capital One Data Breach
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is putting pressure on Capital One to answer questions about the recent data breach that affected more than 100 million of the bank’s customers. In a letter on Wednesday to Richard Fairbank, Capital One’s chief executive, the Massachusetts Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate requested information on how the breach was conducted and […]
Is Amazon Liable for the Capital One Hack? | LinkedIn
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” Amazon Web Service’s (AWS’s) announcement after the Capital One data breach was immediate, unqualified, unapologetic and absolute. AWS emphatically denied any culpability for the hack, which involved the theft of over 100 million Capital One credit applications residing on the AWS cloud service, declaring: “AWS was not compromised […]
Capital One Was Breached by a Hacker. Here’s What You Need to Know. – The New York Times
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 […]
Capital One says data breach affected 100 million credit card applications – The Washington Post
Capital One, the Virginia-based bank with a popular credit card business, announced Monday that a hacker had accessed about 100 million credit card applications, and investigators say thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers were also taken. The FBI has arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A. Thompson, on a charge of computer fraud […]