| | Paige Adele Thompson (about {{age|1986|01|31}} years old) is a [[transgender]] individual, who was born male but claims to be a woman.<ref>McLean, Dorothy Cummings (August 2, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/capital-one-thief-is-actually-a-man-not-a-woman-a-trans Capital One thief is a biological male, not a woman – a ‘trans’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved August 2, 2019.</ref> They were known online by the handle "erratic." Thompson lived in [[Seattle]], WA, and has worked for Amazon as a systems engineer (2015–2016), ATG Stores Inc, ConnectXYZLLC, and Seattle Software Systems.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/415542580/cv</ref><br /> | | Paige Adele Thompson (about {{age|1986|01|31}} years old) is a [[transgender]] individual, who was born male but claims to be a woman.<ref>McLean, Dorothy Cummings (August 2, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/capital-one-thief-is-actually-a-man-not-a-woman-a-trans Capital One thief is a biological male, not a woman – a ‘trans’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved August 2, 2019.</ref> They were known online by the handle "erratic." Thompson lived in [[Seattle]], WA, and has worked for Amazon as a systems engineer (2015–2016), ATG Stores Inc, ConnectXYZLLC, and Seattle Software Systems.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/415542580/cv</ref><br /> |
| − | Thompson frequently posted about her struggles with [[gender identity]], lack of employment, and persistent suicidal thoughts, on the chat platform Slack. Thompson also referred several times to running a botnet involved in [[cryptojacking]], although it is not clear whether this was in fact being done.<ref name="krebsonsecurity.com">https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/07/capital-one-data-theft-impacts-106m-people/</ref> | + | Thompson frequently posted about his struggles with [[gender identity]], lack of employment, and persistent suicidal thoughts, on the chat platform Slack. Thompson also referred several times to running a botnet involved in [[cryptojacking]], although it is not clear whether this was in fact being done.<ref name="krebsonsecurity.com">https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/07/capital-one-data-theft-impacts-106m-people/</ref> |