SEATTLE — The Seattle software engineer known online as “erratic,” who is accused of hacking into Capital One’s computer systems and compromising the personal data of more than 100 million customers, pleaded not guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to federal wire- and computer-fraud charges.
Federal Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida set a Nov. 4 jury trial for Paige Thompson and ordered her remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal’s Service.
Thompson, 33, a former Amazon software engineer who was living in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood and was arrested July 29, faces up to 25 years in prison on one count of wire fraud and one count of computer fraud and abuse. Her case will be heard by U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik.
