The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach by Capital One involving unauthorized access to personal information on August 12, 2019. The breach occurred on March 22 and 23, 2019, affecting approximately 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 linked bank account numbers, along with various personal details of individuals who applied for or were customers of Capital One's credit card products.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-149653
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/capital-one
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"linkid": "capital-one",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2019",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Capital One',
'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': ['140,000 Social Security '
'numbers',
'80,000 bank account numbers'],
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
'Bank account numbers',
'Personal details']},
'date_detected': '2019-08-12',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-08-12',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to personal information including Social '
'Security numbers and bank account numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
'Bank account numbers',
'Personal details']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-08-12',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Capital One Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}