![]() She allegedly used the screen name “erratic” on Slack, which was the same handle she used on a Twitter account and a Meetup chatroom page. Thompson made little effort to disguise her identity. One person was alarmed by what Thompson found, writing that the information was “sketchy,” adding, “don’t go to jail plz.” ![]() “I wanna get it off my server that’s why Im archiving all of it lol,” Thompson allegedly posted on Slack. She claimed to use a special command to extract files in a Capital One directory stored on Amazon’s servers. In a channel on Slack, a chat service often used by businesses as well as other groups, Thompson explained the method she used to break into Capital One, the Justice Department alleges. She also boasted on social media that she had Capital One information. Thompson posted the information on GitHub, using her full first, middle and last name, the complaint says. The criminal complaint against Thompson paints a picture of a less-than-careful suspect. The company expects to incur between $100 million and $150 million in costs related to the hack, including customer notifications, credit monitoring, tech costs and legal support due to the hack.Ĭapital One’s stock was down 5% in premarket trading Tuesday. ![]() However, “no credit card account numbers or log-in credentials were compromised and over 99% of Social Security numbers were not compromised,” the company noted.Ĭapital One said it will notify people affected by the breach and will make free credit monitoring and identity protection available. The breach affected around 100 million people in the United States and about 6 million people in Canada, according to Capital One. (COF) CEO Richard Fairbank in a statement. “I sincerely apologize for the understandable worry this incident must be causing those affected and I am committed to making it right,” said Capital One The company indicated it fixed the vulnerability and said it is “unlikely that the information was used for fraud or disseminated by this individual.” However, the company is still investigating. (COF) said the hack occurred March 22 and 23 and includes credit card applications as far back as 2005.
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