Comcast Confirms Another Huge Data Breach: Over 230,000 Users Impacted
This is the second major data breach at Comcast within the span of a year.
Comcast has confirmed that a massive third-party data breach has exposed the personal information of over 230,000 customers. The leaked data includes social security numbers, names, addresses, and birth dates of the affected customers.
In a filing with the state of Maine (via Bleeping Computer), Comcast notes that the total number of customers hit by the data breach is 237,703. The information was hacked from Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a debt collection company used by Comcast. The ransomware attack took place in February, and FBCS informed Comcast of the breach in July.
In its latest filing, Comcast notes that the breached data includes information from around 2021. The company has since stopped using the services of FBCS.
It seems Comcast is repeatedly failing to protect its customer data from falling into the wrong hands. While this latest data breach cannot be directly attributed to a fault in Comcast’s systems, last year, the company disclosed an even bigger data breach affecting 35 million Xfinity customers. That previous breach occurred due to a security vulnerability, which hackers exploited to steal customer data.
Comcast has confirmed that a massive third-party data breach has exposed the personal information of over 230,000 customers. The leaked data includes social security numbers, names, addresses, and birth dates of the affected customers.
In a filing with the state of Maine (via Bleeping Computer), Comcast notes that the total number of customers hit by the data breach is 237,703. The information was hacked from Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a debt collection company used by Comcast. The ransomware attack took place in February, and FBCS informed Comcast of the breach in July.
In its latest filing, Comcast notes that the breached data includes information from around 2021. The company has since stopped using the services of FBCS.
It seems Comcast is repeatedly failing to protect its customer data from falling into the wrong hands. While this latest data breach cannot be directly attributed to a fault in Comcast’s systems, last year, the company disclosed an even bigger data breach affecting 35 million Xfinity customers. That previous breach occurred due to a security vulnerability, which hackers exploited to steal customer data.