Capital One offered guidelines on how to determine if information had been accessed as well as instructions on how to secure an account.
You'll want to take note if this applies to you: Capital One said the largest category of jeopardized data was information on consumers and small businesses as of the time they applied for credit card products from 2005 through early 2019.
Beyond that application data, the individual also gained access to credit card data including credit scores, limits, balances and payment history as well as fragments of transactions data from a total of 23 days during 2016, 2017 and 2018.The company offered guidelines on how to determine if information had been accessed as well as instructions on how to shore up account security.
Stay vigilant about the possibility of phishing emails and calls following the breach. Phishing is a malicious attempt to access personal information or bank accounts by posing as a legitimate company or official.
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