'Capital One's lax data security has cost more than 100 million customers their privacy, and we believe legal action is the only motivation to force real accountability to those affected.'
Capital One said that information on customers who applied for credit card products from 2005 to the beginning of 2019 was the"largest category" of data accessed., a spokesperson for the firm, toldexpressed regret for the hack, saying"I sincerely apologize for the understandable worry this incident must be causing those affected and I am committed to making it right."
But the incident has also focused attention on Amazon, since the individual accused of perpetrating the hack to access some of the data that Capital One had stored on Amazon Web Services had previously worked for the company.was not compromised in any way and functioned as designed. The perpetrator gained access through aof the web application and not the underlying cloud-based infrastructure.
"We need structural reforms and increased oversight of credit reporting agencies in order to make sure that this never happens again," WarnerEarlier this year, Virginia Senator Mark Warner Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, along with two Democratic representatives, introduced legislation calling for credit agencies to be held accountable for data breaches.found that 34 prevent of Americans thought that their data and personal information was very vulnerable to hackers, while 47 percent felt such content was somewhat vulnerable.JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images
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