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Capital One customer data exposed in credit card application breach affecting 100 million records

Jul 29, 2019United States1 source

Summary

A hacker gained access to 100 million credit card applications from Capital One, resulting in a major data breach. The breach exposed sensitive personal and financial information of customers. The incident is categorized under privacy and surveillance harms.

Incident Details

Domain
Privacy & Surveillance

Unauthorized collection, tracking, or exposure of personal data and private information.

Harm Types
Unauthorized Surveillance
Companies
Capital One

Who Was Affected

Age
mixed
Gender
mixed

Sources

1

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