The woman charged with hacking into millions of Capital One Financial Corp. records hit more than 30 other targets, federal prosecutors said, significantly expanding the scale of what was already considered one of the largest heists of data stored in the cloud. Paige A. Thompson, a former Amazon.com Inc. employee, was arrested on July 29,… Continue reading Federal Prosecutors Accuse Capital One Hacker of Hitting Dozens More Targets
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How the Accused Capital One Hacker Stole Reams of Data from the Cloud
The woman who allegedly pulled off one of the largest-ever bank-data heists appeared to have exploited a vulnerability in the cloud that security experts have warned about for years. Paige A. Thompson, a former employee at Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing unit who was arrested July 29, is accused of carrying out the massive theft of 106… Continue reading How the Accused Capital One Hacker Stole Reams of Data from the Cloud
Social Security Scams Add to Capital One Hack Concern
Scams aiming to steal people’s Social Security numbers have proliferated this year, adding to worries about identity theft created by this week’s hack at Capital One Financial Corp. and other high-profile data breaches. Federal data show scams targeting Social Security numbers have become one of the most common scams so far this year, overtaking attempted… Continue reading Social Security Scams Add to Capital One Hack Concern
Capital One Data Breach Puts $400M Insurance Tower On-Watch
Capital One, the U.S. and global banking and personal finance group, has disclosed a $400 million cyber insurance tower that the market is now watching closely, following its hacking and loss of data for more than 100 million of its customers. Capital One said on July 29th that an individual accessed its IT systems, in… Continue reading Capital One Data Breach Puts $400M Insurance Tower On-Watch