![Paige Thompson worked for Amazon from2015-2016, and conducted her hack three years later in July 2019 Paige Thompson worked for Amazon from2015-2016, and conducted her hack three years later in July 2019](https://image.chitra.live/api/v1/wps/d68de37/d0af86f4-e273-4cbf-88f1-332cd12dcfcb/5/justice-679x419.jpg)
Paige Thompson worked for Amazon from2015-2016, and conducted her hack three years later in July 2019
Paige Thompson built a tool to find vulnerable AWS accounts, exfiltrate data and plant cryptomining software
Paige Thompson, a 36-year-old former Amazon employee, has been convicted for seven federal crimes by the US District Court in Seattle, all originating from a massive breach at Capital One that affe...
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