Capital One data breach affected 100 million in the US
Capital One says it was hit with a data breach, affecting an estimated 100 million US individuals and approximately 6 million in Canada. The largest category of information that was accessed pertained to consumers and small businesses, who applied for credit cards between 2005 and early 2019. The data accessed included personal information from credit card applications, such as names, addresses, zip codes/postal codes, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, and self-reported income.
