Capital One’s Data Breach Wasn’t an Accident—It Was Inevitable Have you ever wondered what the true cost of convenience really is? In today’s digitized financial ecosystem, most Americans swipe cards and tap apps without thinking twice. But beneath that convenience lies a brittle infrastructure, overseen not by defenders of your wealth or identity, but by institutions more interested in shareholder returns than your personal security. The latest example? Capital One. Welcome to the Age of Digital Exposure Between August 2022 and May 2023, an “unauthorized actor” accessed troves of Capital One customers' personal data—names, addresses, Social Security numbers, email logins, even credit card histories. A new class-action lawsuit claims this massive breach was the result of an employee’s “failure to…
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