Hacker gained access to personal information from more than 100 million Capital One credit applications, the bank says.
Paige A. Thompson — who also goes by the handle “erratic” — was charged with a single count of computer fraud and abuse in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Thompson made an initial appearance in court and was ordered to remain in custody pending a detention hearing Thursday.
A public defender appointed to represent Thompson did not immediately return an email seeking comment. And a month before that, the FBI said, a Twitter user who went by “erratic” sent Capital One direct messages warning about distributing the bank’s data, including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers.
The bank said the bulk of the hacked data consisted of information supplied by consumers and small businesses who applied for credit cards between 2005 and early 2019. In addition to data such as phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth and self-reported income, the hacker was also able to access credit scores, credit limits and balances, as well as fragments of transaction information from a total of 23 days in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
In 2017, a data breach at Equifax, one of the major credit reporting companies, exposed the Social Security numbers and other sensitive information of roughly half of the U.S. population.
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