Capital One says it was hit with a data breach, affecting an estimated 100 million US individuals and approximately 6 million in Canada, according to a press release published Monday July 29, 2019.
What do you need to know? Cypfer CEO and cyber expert Daniel Tobok keeps you up to date as the story develops.
Capital One banking breach compromises data of over 100 million people
“More organizations are having vulnerabilities in their system, especially as most of everybody’s infrastructure are turning into the digital world. Even though the hack is among the largest to ever target a bank, the consequences for the hacker may be limited if in fact the information was not shared or used in any kind of fraud.”
Daniel Tobok, CEO Cypfer
Another day, another data hack — and truth is, there's not much you can do about it
“We don’t have a lot of control of our data [so] the responsibility falls out of our hands because we have no control over it.”
Daniel Tobok, CEO Cypfer
Everything you need to know about the Capital One data breach
“I think one of the motives was that she wanted to be known as the person who could access this kind of information. She wanted to get the glorification of her expertise.”
Daniel Tobok, CEO Cypfer
Explaining the Capital One Breach
“We’ve seen the largest breaches happening in our history over the past 12 months, and you still see different organizations acting in a way that they should have.”
Daniel Tobok, CEO Cypfer
