Capital One says information of over 100 million individuals in U.S., Canada hacked

Capital One Financial Corp (COF.N) said on Monday that personal information including names and addresses of about 100 million individuals in the United States and 6 million people in Canada were obtained by a hacker who has been arrested.

The hacker did not gain access to credit card account numbers, but about 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 linked bank account numbers were compromised, Capital One said. Other personal information accessed included phone numbers and credit scores.

About 1 million social insurance numbers of the company’s Canadian credit card customers were also compromised.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-capital-one-fin-cyber/capital-one-information-of-over-100-million-individuals-in-u-s-canada-hacked-idUSKCN1UO2EB