Capital One targeted in massive data breach affecting more than 100 million people

"Ex-Amazon Worker Convicted in Capital One Hacking

Paige Thompson’s lawyers said she had been looking for cracks so they could be fixed. A jury found her guilty of wire fraud and hacking charges...

A former Amazon engineer who was accused of stealing customers’ personal information from Capital One in one of the largest breaches in the United States was found guilty of wire fraud and hacking charges on Friday...

A Seattle jury found that Paige Thompson, 36, had violated an anti-hacking law known as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which forbids access to a computer without authorization. The jury found her not guilty of identity theft and access device fraud..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/technology/paige-thompson-capital-one-hack.html

 

"DoJ ‘very disappointed’ with probation sentence for Capital One hacker Paige Thompson

‘This is not what justice looks like’ says US attorney of sanction for leak of 100 million records...

Convicted wire fraud perpetrator Paige Thompson (aka "erratic") has been sentenced to time served and five years of probation with location and computer monitoring, prompting U.S. Attorney Nick Brown to label the sanctions unsatisfactory..."

https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/05/paige_thompson_sentence_doj_unhappy/