A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Seattle tech worker of several charges related to a massive hack of Capital One bank and other …
A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Seattle tech worker of several charges related to a massive hack of Capital One bank and other companies in 2019. Paige Thompson, 36, a former Amazon software engineer who used the online handle “erratic,” obtained the personal information of more than 100 million people—a data breach that prompted Capital One to reach a tentative $190 million settlement with affected customers. The Treasury Department also fined the company $80 million for failing to protect the data. Following a seven-day trial, the Seattle jury found her guilty of wire fraud, unauthorized access to a protected computer, and damaging a protected computer. The jury acquitted her of other charges, including access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.
