Capital One data breach affected 100 million in the US & 6 million in Canada, Hacker arrested

02:00:00 PM, Tuesday 30th of July 2019 | in technology

Capital One, a major credit card issuer in the US, revealed a data breach that affected roughly 100 million people in the US & 6 million people in Canada. As per company, the data included names, addresses & phone numbers of people who applied for its credit card products. But the hacker didn't gain access to credit card account numbers. The hack was identified on July 19 & the alleged hacker got arrested on Monday.