Capital One Agrees to $190 Million Settlement in Cyber Lawsuit

December 23, 2021, 4:51 PM UTC

Capital One Financial Corp. agreed to pay $190 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that customers filed against the firm after a hacker broke into its cloud-computing systems and stole their personal information.

Representatives for those customers, Capital One and Amazon Web Services -- the lender’s cloud provider -- jointly asked Judge Anthony Trenga to pause proceedings while the court evaluates the agreement. The settlement will cover 98 million Americans, and Capital One said it is fully reserved for the amount.

“While Capital One and AWS deny all liability, in the interest of avoiding the time, expense and uncertainty of ...

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