Capital One agreed to pay $190 million to settle lawsuit over 2019 data breach
Back in 2019 a hacker stole personal data from more than 100 million Capital One customers. The impacted data reportedly included credit card applications on the customers between 2005 and 2019 and reportedly included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank account numbers.
Capital One denied liability but ultimately agreed to the settlement, “in the interest of avoiding the time, expense and uncertainty of continued litigation,” according to The New York Times. That settlement came just a year after the company agreed to spend $80 million to settle another lawsuit related to its cybersecurity practices.
