Alleged Capital One hacker threatened to "shoot up" tech company
Summary
Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee from Seattle, is charged with stealing personal data from over 100 million Capital One customers. She also reportedly threatened a California social media company and openly discussed the hack on online forums before her arrest.Key Facts
- Paige Thompson is 33 years old and worked as a software engineer at Amazon Web Services.
- She allegedly hacked Capital One starting in March, stealing data from credit applications.
- The stolen data affected more than 100 million Capital One customers.
- Thompson reportedly threatened to "shoot up" an unidentified social media company in May.
- Seattle police filed a report about the threat after the company notified them.
- Thompson openly talked about the hack on social media and messaging platforms like Slack and IRC.
- She created a hacker group called "Seattle Warez Kiddies" in April.
- Her roommate, Park Quan, was arrested for illegally possessing 20 weapons.
- Thompson is in federal custody and has a detention hearing scheduled for August 15.
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