Capital One Hacker Took Data From 30 Other Companies, Feds Say

SEATTLE, WA — A new filing in the case of accused Capital One hacker Paige Thompson reveals a troubled history of stalking allegations, threats of violence and suicide — and the revelation that Thompson has taken data from about 30 other companies and institutions.

In a Tuesday motion for detention filing, federal prosecutors detailed why Thompson should be kept in lockup as her case proceeds. Thompson was arrested on July 29 at a home in south Beacon Hill that she shared with roommates and her landlord, who was also arrested that day on unrelated weapons charges.

Thompson took data on over 100 million Capital One customers and people who applied for accounts, federal prosecutors say. The theft included thousands of social security numbers and bank account numbers. Thompson is facing a computer fraud charge for taking the Capital One data, but will likely face other charges for stealing data from the 30 other companies, prosecutors said.

“That data varies significantly in both type and amount. For example, much of the data appears not to be data containing personal identifying information. At this point, however, the government is continuing to work to identify specific entities from which data was stolen, as well as the type of data stolen from each entity,” prosecutors said in Tuesday’s filing.

In the filing, prosecutors detail that Thompson stalked a Seattle couple for about seven years, forcing the couple to move. Last March, Seattle police went to Thompson’s home after she got into an argument with her housemates, the filing says. She told her roommates she would point a fake gun at police to commit “suicide by cop.”

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The new documents also offer more details about a threat prosecutors say Thompson made to shoot up a social media company in Silicon Valley. In May, Seattle police got a call from a detective in Mountain View, Calif., after Thompson told an acquaintance in an online chat about wanting to carry out the shooting.

“I feel bad, when my cat dies, l’m going to California to shoot up [redacted] office I hope you are not there,” Thompson wrote in a chat with the acquaintance.

“[S]orry,” she continued, “but it has to be done.”

Seattle police spoke to Thompson’s counselor and made a referral to the Department of Corrections.

“I am familiar with Paige Thompson and my unit has a response plan for her. In the past, she has threatened suicide by cop and made other threats via social media to on her twitter account,” the responding Seattle officer wrote in a report about the incident. “Every previous attempt to contact Thompson at her residence has been unsuccessful, and she has threatened that she has a bb gun and will force officers to shoot her.

The acquaintance, identified in the filings as “JB,” told police that Thompson did not have access to weapons and was taking medication. But Thompson’s landlord, Park Quan, 66, was arrested on July 29 after FBI agents noticed a cache of assault-style weapons in his room. Quan was indicted on Monday on a charge of being a felon in possession of weapons.

Quan has a long criminal history, according to court documents, including a role in a 1980 murder-for-hire plot in Ocean Shores. Quan was one of three men who tried to kill a Seattle man by rigging his truck with dynamite. The explosive didn’t detonate.

Thompson is set to appear at U.S. District Court in Seattle on Aug. 23 for a detention hearing.