Capital One data breach: What you can do following the bank hack
The latest bank data breach exposed the records of almost 106 million people. A data breach to Capital One servers last month exposed the personal information of nearly 106 million of the bank's customers and applicants. The hack, which included US and Canadian customers of the bank and credit card company, comes a week after the settlement reached between Equifax and the Federal Trade Commission concerning a hack in 2017 that affected 147 million customers. According to Capital One, the breach on July 19 resulted in the hacker gaining access to personal information related to credit card applications from 2005 to early 2019 for consumers, applicants and small businesses. Among the personal data exposed were names, addresses, dates of birth, credit scores, transaction data, Social Security numbers and linked bank account numbers. About 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 linked bank account numbers were exposed, Capital One said. And for Canadian credit card customer