The California Attorney General reported a data breach involving Capital One on February 6, 2017. The breach involved unauthorized access to customer accounts using stolen usernames and passwords, potentially affecting personal information such as names, addresses, and account numbers. Specific details about the number of individuals affected and the exact date of the breach are unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-66214
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/capital-one
"id": "cap502072625",
"linkid": "capital-one",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Banking',
'name': 'Capital One',
'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Account Numbers'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-02-06',
'description': 'The California Attorney General reported a data breach '
'involving Capital One on February 6, 2017. The breach '
'involved unauthorized access to customer accounts using '
'stolen usernames and passwords, potentially affecting '
'personal information such as names, addresses, and account '
'numbers. Specific details about the number of individuals '
'affected and the exact date of the breach are unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Addresses', 'Account Numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-02-06',
'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Capital One Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Stolen Usernames and Passwords'}