Suspect in Capital One breach accused of threatening to 'shoot up' social media company

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'She had a habit of openly struggling with her state of mind in public channels,' said an online friend of accused hacker Paige A. Thompson.

A former Amazon software engineer accused of hacking Capitol One and exposing personal data of more than 100 million customers made threats she would"shoot up" a California social media company, according to federal prosecutors

According to those filings, the company alerted authorities about the threat and Seattle police made a report. She most recently worked at Amazon Web Services, a division of the online giant that hosted Capital One data. Prosecutors claim Thompson, who allegedly began illegally accessing data in March, knew authorities were closing in.

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This ugly woman is amazingly smart! Just saying! She's obviously sick also!

Another MAGA 'momma bear' attempting to go on the rampage. Get a clue, lady!

This seems to happen every week. Unhinged angry white male on the rampage with his 'boom stick.'

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