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New Allegations: Capital One Suspect Stole From 30+ Organizations
The woman allegedly responsible for the massive breach of customer data at Capital One stole data from 30 other organizations, according to new information from prosecutors.
In a new court filing, they alleged that Paige Thompson stole terabytes of information from enterprises, educational institutions and other organizations, although she claims not to have sold or distributed any of it to others.
The information is being revealed as part of efforts by prosecutors to persuade the judge to deny bail.
It alleges that Thompson has a history of threatening behavior, including threats to kill others and herself. She is also said to have harassed a couple for seven years, forcing them to obtain a protection order.
Investigators found the new information on data breaches on servers in Thompson’s bedroom.
“That data varies significantly in both type and amount. For example, much of the data appears not to be data containing personal identifying information,” the court filing explained.
“At this point, however, the government is continuing to work to identify specific entities from which data was stolen, as well as the type of data stolen from each entity. The government expects to add an additional charge against Thompson based upon each such theft of data, as the victims are identified and notified.”
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday August 18 2019, @12:34AM (2 children)
If it ain't yours, yes. DMCA or something will apply, fair or not fair.
It may depend on the quality of the lawyer and the depth of the prosecution pocket/budget, but it's Capital One we are talking about, so 'hacking' is as good as written on the wall.
Does it surprise you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Informative) by barbara hudson on Sunday August 18 2019, @03:22PM (1 child)
The actual law: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 [cornell.edu]
18 U.S. Code § 1030. Fraud and related activity in connection with computers
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(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Sunday August 18 2019, @07:17PM
Was tempted by that one, but reading it diagonally, seems it deals mostly with access to govt computers.
Oh, actually, yes, there it is:
That's a good one, Credit One or any bankster can publish all the data unprotected by anything and all it needs to do is to set the "Warning: you aren't authorized to access the data". Bam, by the magic of security by legislation, the US citizens will pay for the prosecution of the offenders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford