The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed seven new charges against Paige Thompson, the former Amazon Web Services (AWS) engineer accused of hacking Capital One and stealing the personal data of more than 100 million Americans.
The new charges, which include six counts of computer fraud and abuse and one count of access device fraud, were revealed in court documents filed earlier this month, obtained by The Record. The previous indictment charged Thompson with one count each of wire fraud and computer crime and abuse, which meant she faced five up to five in prison and a fine of …
