Category: capital one

Hacker Sentenced to Probation, No Prison Time, for Data Breach Affecting 100 Million People

October 5, 2022
capital oneCrime and Incidentsdata breachhackerTechTech NewsUS
0 Comment

A former tech worker from Seattle who was convicted of multiple charges related to the massive hack of Capital One bank and other firms back in 2019 has been sentenced to five years of probation after pleading mental illness. Paige A. Thompson, 37, used a tool to scan Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts to identify…

Read More

Jury Convicts Seattle Woman in Massive Capital One Hack

June 18, 2022
Business & Marketscapital oneCompaniesCrime and IncidentsDistrict of ColumbiaHackLocal NewsPaige ThompsonRegional-Local NewsSeattleUSUS News
0 Comment

SEATTLE—A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Seattle tech worker of several charges related to a massive hack of Capital One bank and other companies in 2019. Paige Thompson, 36, a former Amazon software engineer who used the online handle “erratic,” obtained the personal information of more than 100 million people—a data breach that…

Read More