The FBI has arrested hacker Paige A Thompson for allegedly stealing the personal information of more than 100 million Capital One credit applicants across the US and Canada. Thompson, who was born in New York City, is accused of using a computer program called “Backdoor” to access data from at least one account belonging to an unidentified person or entity. Capital One is investigating the breach but believes fraudulent use of the data is unlikely.
The FBI has arrested hacker Paige A Thompson for allegedly stealing the personal information of more than 100 million Capital One credit applicants across the US and Canada. The hacker gained information such as credit scores and social security numbers – one month after a Twitter user called erratic, who is understood to be Thompson, had threatened to circulate the bank's data. Capital One is investigating the breach but believes fraudulent use of the data is unlikely.