[BreachExchange] Stamford man sues Capital One over data breach

[Destry Winant]

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Stamford-man-sues-Capital-One-over-data-breach-14268475.php

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Stamford man filed a lawsuit against Capital One
Financial Corp. on Tuesday after the bank reported that a hacker
accessed personal information belonging to 106 million people in the
U.S. and Canada.

Kevin Zosiak, 44, filed a lawsuit seeking class-action status at a
federal court in Washington, D.C., according to Reuters. Zosiak, a
Capital One credit card holder, was one of millions who had their
personal information compromised, Reuters reported.

Capital One, the Virginia-based bank with a popular credit card
business, announced Monday that a hacker had accessed about 100
million credit card applications, and investigators say thousands of
Social Security and bank account numbers were also taken, according to
The Washington Post.

The FBI has since arrested a Seattle-area woman, Paige Thompson, on a
charge of computer fraud and abuse, according to court records.

The hack appears to be one of the largest data breaches ever to hit a
financial services firm. In 2017, the credit-reporting company Equifax
disclosed that hackers had stolen the personal information of 147
million people. Last week, it reached a $700 million settlement with
U.S. regulators over that breach.

The hack is expected to cost the company between $100 million and $150
million in the near term, Capital One said.

In announcing the data breach, Capital One emphasized that no credit
card numbers or log-in credentials were compromised, nor was the vast
majority of Social Security numbers on the affected applications.