Authorities say it was an online trail of brags — plus the occasional mention of cats — that led them to the suspect accused of hacking Capital One in one of the biggest bank data breaches in history.
by the username"erratic" who wrote to the tipster on June 18:"Ive basically strapped myself with a bomb vest, f-----g dropping capitol ones dox and admitting it," with"dox" referring to publishing private identifying information online."I wanna distribute those buckets i think first."
"Sketchy s--t," someone else in the Slack channel, whose username was redacted in the criminal complaint, replied on June 27."Don't go to jail plz." Meanwhile, in the Slack channel where the user by Thompson's name and"erratic" was posting, there were also discussions about a pet. Sometime around July 19, the user with Thompson's name included an estimate from a veterinarian from the month prior that listed the same home address as Thompson's resume.
Authorities searched Thompson's home Monday and seized multiple digital devices, which agents found included files with references to Capital One on them. Thompson was appointed a public defender, who did not immediately return a request for comment.
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