Capital One hack: 100 million people's data stolen: BBC News Review reviews

February 14, 2023



The personal details of over 100 million people across the US and Canada were stolen in a hack targeting financial services firm Capital One, the company has revealed. The alleged hacker was arrested after reportedly boasting about the breach online.

The story

The US-based financial services company Capital One has revealed that the personal details of over 100 million individuals in North America have been stolen. The hacked data includes names, addresses and phone numbers of people who applied for credit card products. The US justice department says a former Seattle technology company software engineer has been arrested in connection with the breach.

Vocabulary

exposed
made visible or vulnerable
• Be careful. These wires have been exposed. Touch them and you’ll be electrocuted.
• The trusted businessman was exposed as a fraud in the light of the evidence.

be caught up in something
become involved in, often unintentionally
• Sorry I’m late for work. I was caught up in a traffic collision and stopped to help.
• Despite getting caught up in the riot by chance, the bystander was arrested.

boasted
spoke proudly about something
• David boasted about how good his new job is all night. It was so boring.
• The government boasted that crime figures had never been so low.

Language challenge

Which of these can mean both ‘hit’ and ‘steal’?
a) nick
b) thump
c) swipe

For the answer, watch this on our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview/unit-11/session-101

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32 Comments
  1. Fraud – the criminal activity of getting money by deceiving people – is a big issue. Clever and complicated scams can trick us into handing over lots of cash. Sam and Rob discuss the methods criminals use, hear from some experts and teach some honest fraud-related vocabulary in 6 Minute English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVpEwW_4Yt4&list=PLcetZ6gSk96-FECmH9l7Vlx5VDigvgZpt

  2. 📴 Robin blew his own trumpet after he exposed his certificate on the wall.
    📴 Liz apologized for being late. She was caught up in a traffic collision and waited for a long time.
    📴 I boasted about my certificates in my interview. I really challanged myself.

  3. Great content. Enjoyed it very much. Thanks a lot Dan and Catherine. Great presentation.

  4. Reply
    Туранга Лила February 14, 2023 at 10:59 pm

    is rt a source? shame on you BBC! seriously.

  5. Thnx BBC

  6. There is something wrong with the video quality, We can't turn up the video quality after 360 hp?

  7. Exposed-made visible or vulnerable
    Be caught up-become envolved in a situation often unintentionally
    Boasted-spoke proudly about sth

  8. Thanks B.B.C NEWS English Channel DRONULD TRAMP PRESIDENT of U.S.A WASHINGTON killed UNDER WORLD not Genarel people From SCT SUPARNA KAR Secrotoriel Genarel of RASTRA SANGHA DIRECTOR Of NASA Direactor of OXFORD

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    ماجد المرهش February 14, 2023 at 10:59 pm

    I am not showing off here but I really doing well at learning English..
    I have a request could you please speak slowly 😂😂🤣

  10. hello BBC,in 6:28 what Catherine said"saivs superhero"?saivs?what she said?

  11. Dan, what is the first rule of Fight Club? xD

  12. Reply
    踏花歸去馬蹄香 February 14, 2023 at 10:59 pm

    hello~

  13. Please subtitles please please that for program.

  14. It seems a host caught a punch😁😁 or maybe two

  15. Please Improve the quality of the video.

  16. Hello to Both of You
    Thanks for : to blow your own trumpet…this sentence makes a lot of sense and speeds my imagination. Another sentence that refers to your conversation : to be caught red-handed…also very significant…Have a nice day. Thanks for all.

  17. well, Dan says ˈvʌlnərəbl the ʌ sound is clear but when Cathrine says vulnerable it sounds more like ˈvɔːlnərəbl. And so is
    bɪˈkʌm which sounds like bɪˈkɔːm.The words "unintentional" and "unwilling" has similar approach

    Never mind, Cathrine, you're so sweet, elaborate, and accurate otherwise. No one is perfect and learning is a never ending process

  18. I love it😍n' love you Dan😍

  19. Hi guys this program is best that learning with English thanks bbc

  20. Great thanksgiving to Katherines explanation

  21. 😂 What a dramatic example she came up with to explain "caught up on" That was so fun! Poor Dan😂 You're so clever guys👏

  22. I hate to blow my own trumpet but my english have been improved dramatically since the day i started to follow this channel :)))) thank you you guys.

  23. Thanks for the interesting story, financial matters

  24. I really enjoy it when you two lead the class in a very entertaining and entertaining way.

  25. Hi, I noticed that the writers in the newspapers and the news networks write the headlines without the verb "to be", which was getting me confused, before knowing that they use this way of writing to make the sentences more efficient.
    As a non-native speaker, I don't really see that the sentence is more efficient if it is written without the verb" to be".

  26. I think the meaning of the word hit is swip
    I caught up in a problem with my friend
    News always expose the criminal
    Sometimes when there is a problem l may be nervous and boasted

  27. I love bbc learning english you really help me with my acent, Iam studying for the ielts. Regards from Mexico

  28. Wow your voice!!!!!! I fall in Love with you Dan, lol, hi from Mexico.

  29. She is a criminal as she was exposed to many illegal activities.

    The juvenile criminals got caught up by police due to shoplifting crime.

    Bora Bora island is boasted with rich marine life.

  30. Hi Dan what’s happened with your face I wish you are good

  31. I got caught up with fever when I boastfully exposed myself to monsoon shower this July.

  32. Thank you👍👏

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