A hacker accessed the personal information of 106
million Capital One credit card holders or credit
card applicants in the U.S. and Canada, in the
latest massive data breach at a large company.
Capital One Financial Corp., one of the nation’s
largest issuers of credit cards, said among the
information obtained by the hacker was 140,000
Social Security numbers and 80,000 bank account
numbers. It said no credit card account numbers
or log-in credentials were compromised.
The breach is among the largest of a major U.S.
financial institution on record. The bank said the
bulk of the hacked data consisted of information
supplied by consumers and small businesses
who applied for credit cards between 2005 and
early 2019. Consumers concerned that their
information may have been hacked are advised
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