Capital One: Hacker gained access to personal information of six million Canadians GlobeTechnology
Capital One Financial Corp said on Monday that personal information including names and addresses of about 100 million individuals in the United States and 6 million people in Canada were obtained by a hacker who has been arrested.
According to a complaint filed in the District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle, Thompson posted information from her hack, which occurred between March 12 and July 17, on coding platform GitHub. Another user saw the post and notified Capital One of the breach.Law enforcement officials were able to track Thompson down as the page she posted on contained her full name as part of its digital address, the complaint said. Capital One said it identified the hack on July 19.
The incident is expected to cost between $100-million and $150-million in 2019, mainly because of customer notifications, credit monitoring and legal support, Capital One said. About 1 million social insurance numbers of the company’s Canadian credit card customers were also compromised.
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