Here's what we know about Paige Thompson, suspect in the Capital One data breach that affects one-in-six Canadians
The FBI identified Paige Adele Thompson as the suspect accused of, accessing credit card applications and compromising personal data of more than 100 million people in the U.S. and Canada.
Thompson, 33, is facing a U.S. federal charge of computer fraud and abuse after being arrested in Seattle on Monday. The agency said her online bragging created a trail of breadcrumbs which inadvertently helped lead agents to her. According to the complaint, FBI honed in on Paige after information from the hack was found on a Thompson-linked profile page onThompson, who authorities allege often used the alias “ERRATIC” on message boards, is suspected of hacking into a Capital One computer sometime between March 12 and July 17, 2019.
Police allege she also shared files containing stolen Capital one data on the messaging application Slack. Social media accounts connected to her are still online. On Twitter, a user with an account linked to Thompson and her alias posted pictures of a cat and wrote about coding and struggles with mental health., referring to checking herself into a facility for treatment. “The kind that they can’t ignore or brush off onto the crisis clinic. I’m never coming back.
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