SEATTLE, WA — The woman accused of taking a trove of data from Capital One had threatened to “shoot up” a California-based social media company, according to the U.S. Attorney in Seattle. That detail comes from court filings related to the arrest of Park Quan, the hacker’s roommate who was found with a trove of weapons and potential explosives.
On Monday, the FBI raided a small Beacon Hill home to arrest Paige Thompson, the former Amazon worker who prosecutors say accessed data on 100 million Capital One customers. During the raid, agents noticed weapons in Quan’s bedroom, and ended up arresting him on multiple charges. He had about 20 assault rifles in his room, ammunition, and a fake grenade.
In court records filed Wednesday, prosecutors described Quan’s criminal background, and talked about a restraining order that had been filed against Thompson. She is identified in the documents as “Person 1.”
“As law enforcement was aware, Person 1 was the subject of one or more restraining orders and had made express threats to harm others and herself. In fact, in late May 2019, Person 1 had threatened to ‘shoot up’ the office of a California social media company,” the documents say.
“Person 1, suffered from mental-health issues, and that Person 1 had threatened to commit suicide-by-cop and a mass shooting at a corporate campus,” the documents say.
In late 2018, a North Seattle couple petitioned for a restraining order against Thompson, according to King County court records.
Thompson “has contacted us multiple times since cutting off ties with her in 2011,” the restraining order petition says. “In approximately December 2014, she stopped by our house and left notes and personal items on our porch. We moved away, in part, due to this behavior. She also contacts my spouse via social media (e.g. Facebook) repeatedly and creates new accounts after my wife blocks her.”
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A Seattle officer delivered the restraining order to Thompson and Quan’s home in November, according to court documents.
The documents also say that Quan talked openly during the raid about “RDX,” a type of explosive.
“While the five residents were temporarily restrained outside the residence, FBI agents heard Quan say that he had not yet gotten the chance to mix the precursors for ‘RDX,’ prompting one of the housemates to say, ‘shhhhh, shut up,'” the court documents say. “Shortly thereafter, Quan said that he should have moved the acetone, prompting the same housemate to say, ‘Shut up, man.'”
Quan has a long criminal history, according to the documents, including a role in a 1980 murder-for-hire plot in Ocean Shores. Quan was one of three men who tried to kill a Seattle man by rigging his truck with dynamite. The explosive didn’t detonate.
Thompson is set to appear in court next on Aug. 15 after an initial hearing set for Thursday was postponed.
Here’s the full motion for detention against Quan filed on Wednesday: