Capital One Hacker All But Screamed He Was a Dangerous Security Risk

And yet he was permitted to remain in his position, with 100 million Americans' sensitive information within his grasp.

Why?

I don't know, it's a stone-cold mystery.

A former Amazon software engineer accused of hacking Capitol One and exposing personal data of more than 100 million customers made threats she would "shoot up" a California social media company, according to federal prosecutors

Paige A. Thompson, who used the online handle "erratic," was arrested by the FBI on Monday in relation to the breach.

In court filings Wednesday evening, prosecutors alleged Thompson made threats against a California social media company in May, claiming she would "shoot up" the unnamed business.

According to those filings, the company alerted authorities about the threat and Seattle police made a report.

In online conversations, Thompson disclosed that she suffered from depression and claimed her gender transition at age 22 was a source of anxiety.

"She had a habit of openly struggling with her state of mind in public channels," Aife Dunne, an online friend, said to the Associated Press. "It's where her screen name ['erratic'] comes from."

Other online contacts told the AP that Thompson was a skilled programmer but struggled to advance and believed the breach would make her famous and even land her a new job.

posted by Ace of Spades at 01:47 PM

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