Personal details of 106 million Americans and Canadians stolen in huge Capital One data breach

A hacker has been arrested following a massive data breach at Capital One. The attacker -- Paige A Thompson, also known as "erratic" -- was able to access the credit applications of 100 million Americans and 6 million Canadians after exploiting a "configuration vulnerability". In most cases, personal details such as name, date of birth, address and phone number were exposed by Thompson, but for tens of thousands of individuals, she also gained access to credit scores, Social Security numbers and account balances. See also: Microsoft warns thousands that they are victims of state-sponsored hacking You need to update your… [Continue Reading]