Capital One Data Breach: 5 Steps to Avoid Identity Theft, Fraud
by Lisa Gerstner, Contributing Editor, Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Aug 01, 2019
3 minutes
Just as consumers are starting to claim their share of the settlement for the 2017 Equifax data breach, Capital One has announced that the personal information of about 100 million Americans and 6 million Canadians was exposed in a hack that took place last March. Software engineer Paige Thompson has been charged with exploiting a vulnerability in Capital One's network and gaining access to information on people as of the time they applied for a Capital One credit card, dating back to 2005. The data includes names, birth dates,
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