Capital One Hacker’s Return: Appeals Court Slams Lenient Sentence!
Paige Thompson’s Capital One heist is back in the spotlight as an appeals court finds her probation too lenient. Stealing data from over 100 million credit card applicants wasn’t a minor oopsie, and the judges are now demanding a bigger slap on the wrist. Stay tuned for a potential plot twist in Thompson’s sentencing saga.
Hot Take:
Ah, the saga of Paige Thompson, our modern-day Robin Hood of the cloud, who, instead of robbing from the rich to give to the poor, just decided to take a little vacation in an AWS cloud bucket. Unfortunately for her, the judicial system isn’t quite as understanding of her “data liberation” as she might have hoped. So now, like a sequel nobody asked for, she’s headed back for a courtroom encore. Stay tuned for “Paige Thompson: The Reckoning.” It’s like “Ocean’s Eleven,” but with more IT jargon and less George Clooney.
Key Points:
- Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee, stole data from over 100 million Capital One credit card applicants.
- Thompson’s initial sentence of time served plus probation was deemed too lenient by an appeals court.
- Thompson exploited misconfigured AWS S3 cloud storage buckets to perform the heist.
- The Department of Justice seeks harsher punishment given the severity of the crime.
- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new sentencing hearing.