Cybersecurity

Criminal Complaint in Capital One Hacking Case

By Vishnu Kannan
Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 3:48 PM

On July 29, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington filed a criminal complaint against Paige A. Thompson for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by hacking into protected computers belonging to Capital One. The complete charging document is available here and below.