It appears that prosecutors have stated that the Seattle Employee arrested for the Capital One 106 Million User Breach, also “include(s) not only data stolen from Capital One, but also multiple terabytes of data stolen by Thompson from more than 30 other companies, educational institutions, and other entities. “
Geekwire, which has done a stellar job of coverage, uploading a copy of a UNITED STATES’ MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR DETENTION filed on the 13th of this month. See https://www.scribd.com/document/421871863/Aug-13-memorandum-for-Paige-Thompson-case
As I stated last week, “Estimating the cost to the company is typically, at least $100 to $150 per user, it would be easy to estimate the initial cost to Capital One will be well over $100M, and most likely upward of $200M, when you factor in all the internal remediations and legel cost that are never recovered by any company.” Now with 30 possible other companies breached, the businesses may be forced to pay over 500 Million or more.
Corporate enterprises should be quaking in their boots