Capital One says approximately 100 million people in US affected by data breach

Associated Press

Updated: 8:36 PM EDT Jul 29, 2019


National Desk Staff




A Capital One data breach obtained personal information of people, and the FBI has taken a person into custody, according to the company.

The breach involved approximately 100 million people in the U.S. and about 6 million in Canada, the financial company said.

The Washington Post reported that a Seattle-area woman, Paige A. Thompson, has been accused of computer fraud and abuse, based on court records. U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran's office said Thompson was a former Seattle technology company software engineer.

Credit card account numbers and login credentials were not compromised, according to Capital One.

The breach affected personal information, such as addresses, phone numbers and birth dates from applications, as well as 140,000 Social Security numbers of credit card customers and 80,000 linked bank account numbers of secured credit card customers, according to the company.

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