Jury Convicts Seattle Woman in Massive Capital One Hack

Vehicles are parked outside the home of Paige A. Thompson, who uses the online handle "Erratic," in Seattle. Ted S. Warren/AP Photo

SEATTLE—A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Seattle tech worker of several charges related to a massive hack of Capital One bank and other companies in 2019.

Paige Thompson, 36, a former Amazon software engineer who used the online handle “erratic,” obtained the personal information of more than 100 million people—a data breach that prompted Capital One to reach a tentative $190 million settlement with affected customers. The Treasury Department also fined the company $80 million for failing to protect the data.