Details of 100m customers of U.S firm Capital One compromised in massive data breach

The details of no less that 100 million customers have been breached after a hacker gained access to the server of US financial services company Capital One.

The company revealed in a statement that approximately 100 million individuals living in the US and six million in Canada were affected by the incident.

It also informed that the hacker stole personal information pertaining to customer credit card applications given to the company between 2005 though to early 2019.

This included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and self-reported income such as credit scores, credit limits, balances, payment history, and contact information.

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Capital One also added that140,000 Social Security numbers were compromised in the US, and one million Social Insurance Numbers were stolen from customers.

“[W]e believe it is unlikely that the information was used for fraud or disseminated by this individual,” said Capital One. “However, we will continue to investigate.”

The company reiterated that no credit card account numbers or login details were compromised, and that the Social Security details of 99% of its customers were not affected.

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