They hack data from more than 100 million customers of an American bank

American Bank Capital One recognized that hackers accessed data nearly 100 million requests for credit cards from customers.

According to the company, they had access to information from people who applied for a credit card between 2005 and 2019.

In the vast majority of cases, it is personal data such as names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates or income, as well as credit history. In addition, they managed to get the social security numbers of 140,000 people in the United States. and one million in Canada. The attacker also obtained bank account numbers of 80,000 people, depending on the entity.

In a parallel statement, the Ministry of Justice reported that the FBI arrested in Seattle the alleged head of the flight, identified as Paige A. Thompson. When she was caught, the woman had a copy of the hacked information.

"Although I am grateful that the author has been arrested, I deeply regret what happened.I sincerely apologize for the understandable concern that this incident should cause to the people concerned and I am Is committed to repair it, "said Capital One CEO Richard D. Fairbank.

In the statement, Capital One estimates that this flight will cost you between $ 100 and $ 150 million between lawyers, computer security and banking services to the persons concerned.

Thompson is accused of fraud and computer abusea crime is punishable by up to five years in prison. According to court documents, it's the hacker himself who has announced theft via the collaborative development platform GitHub.