Massive data breach hits Capital One, affecting more than 100 million customers

2 · Massive data breach hits Capital One, affecting more than 100 million customers

Source: USA Today
By: Kelly Tyko
Published: July 30, 2019

* Capital One said Monday that personal information of more than 100 million individuals, including Social Security numbers and bank accounts, was compromised in a massive data theft that led to the arrest of a Seattle woman. * The FBI arrested Thompson on Monday for the theft, which occurred between March 12 and July 17, court records show. Among the data allegedly collected from a company cloud-based server were Social Security and bank account numbers.