FBI alleges that a former software engineer from Seattle has been arrested in connection with a massive data breach that potentially puts over 100,000,000 Capital One credit card applicants at risk.
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Capital One said in a statement to NBC News on Monday that the breach affects approximately 100 million individuals in the United States and approximately 6 million in Canada. Capital One staff investigated the posting, which was dated April 21, and saw instructions on how to access the company's private information through computer code. Internal company logs indicated that the"buckets" of information that the code led to was indeed accessed.
The FBI also believes Thompson is behind a Twitter account that sent a private message to Capital One on June 18 claiming to have social security numbers. A search of Thompson's home on Monday resulted in the seizure of"numerous digital devices" that appear to have data from Capital One, Cloud Computing Company and other institutions that may have been targeted.
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