A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Capital One on behalf of consumers affected by the massive data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 100 million people.
. A complaint from the law firm of Morgan and Morgan was filed today with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of the millions of consumers affected by the breach. The legal challenge alleges that Capital One failed to take"reasonable care" to secure sensitive information belonging to its customers.on the evening of July 29, 2019.
While Capital One holds that"99 percent" of Social Security numbers held by the company weren't compromised, a significant number of people have in fact had the sensitive personal identification compromised. A total of 140,000 people had their Social Security number stolen and approximately one million Social Insurance Numbers assigned to Canadian citizens were also compromised. Another 80,000 linked bank account numbers were also exposed in the breach.
The Captial One breach is believed to have been carried out by one hacker, a 33-year-old former Amazon employee named
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