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Stamford man sues Capital One over data breach
From: Destry Winant <destry () riskbasedsecurity com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:44:45 -0500
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Stamford-man-sues-Capital-One-over-data-breach-14268475.php WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Stamford man filed a lawsuit against Capital One Financial Corp. on Tuesday after the bank reported that a hacker accessed personal information belonging to 106 million people in the U.S. and Canada. Kevin Zosiak, 44, filed a lawsuit seeking class-action status at a federal court in Washington, D.C., according to Reuters. Zosiak, a Capital One credit card holder, was one of millions who had their personal information compromised, Reuters reported. Capital One, the Virginia-based bank with a popular credit card business, announced Monday that a hacker had accessed about 100 million credit card applications, and investigators say thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers were also taken, according to The Washington Post. The FBI has since arrested a Seattle-area woman, Paige Thompson, on a charge of computer fraud and abuse, according to court records. The hack appears to be one of the largest data breaches ever to hit a financial services firm. In 2017, the credit-reporting company Equifax disclosed that hackers had stolen the personal information of 147 million people. Last week, it reached a $700 million settlement with U.S. regulators over that breach. The hack is expected to cost the company between $100 million and $150 million in the near term, Capital One said. In announcing the data breach, Capital One emphasized that no credit card numbers or log-in credentials were compromised, nor was the vast majority of Social Security numbers on the affected applications. _______________________________________________ BreachExchange mailing list sponsored by Risk Based Security BreachExchange () lists riskbasedsecurity com If you wish to Edit your membership or Unsubscribe you can do so at the following link: https://lists.riskbasedsecurity.com/listinfo/breachexchange
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