Hacker Accesses 100 Million Credit Card Applications at Capital One

Capital One, the Virginia-based bank with a popular credit card business, announced 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. The FBI has arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A. Thompson, on a charge of computer fraud and abuse, according to court records.

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