Millions of Comcast Xfinity subscribers' personal data, including usernames, hashed passwords, names, contact details, last 4 digits of social security numbers, dates of birth, and secret questions and answers. The data was likely stolen after Comcast's systems were accessed without authorization in October. In a privacy breach notification, Comcast stated approximately 35.9 million user IDs were affected. Comcast disclosed it discovered suspicious activity on October 25 during a routine cybersecurity exercise and subsequently determined the unauthorized access was due to the Citrix vulnerability.
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00:02 Billions of Comcast Xfinity subscribers' personal data, including user names,
00:06 hashed passwords, names, contact details, and last four digits of social security numbers,
00:11 dates of birth, and secret questions and answers. Their data was likely stolen after Comcast
00:15 systems were accessed without authorization from October. In a privacy breach notification,
00:20 Comcast stated approximately 35.9 million user IDs were affected. Comcast disclosed its discovered
00:26 suspicious activity on October 25th during a routine cybersecurity exercise and subsequently
00:31 determined the unauthorized access was due to the Citrix vulnerability. Comcast is mandating
00:36 password resets and urging users to enable two-factor authentication while also advising
00:40 customers to change passwords on other accounts that share the same credentials. For all things
00:44 money visit Benzinga.com