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Ex-Amazon worker suspected of hacking Capital One, faces charges of breaching 30 other companies to mine cryptocurrency

Paige Thompson, 33, has been charged in connection with a massive data breach at financial services firm Capital One. She was suspected of breaking into Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers used by Capital One, stealing data related to 100 million credit card applications. Thompson, who also went by the online handle of erratic, has now been charged with hacking a further 30 organisations. Thompson is schedule to be arraigned on September 5 2019, and if eventually convicted of the charges could face up to 25 years in prison.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/ex-amazon-worker-suspected-of-hacking-capital-one-faces-charges-of-breaching-30-other-companies-to-mine-cryptocurrency/

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