A knowledge breach has uncovered the names, addresses, social safety numbers, and birthdates of greater than 237,700 Comcast clients. The breach stems from a safety incident at Monetary Enterprise and Shopper Options (FBCS), a debt assortment company Comcast beforehand used, in response to a submitting with the state of Maine on Friday, as reported by BleepingComputer and TechCrunch.
FBCS revealed that it had suffered a breach in February, exposing the delicate data of greater than 4.2 million folks. FBCS knowledgeable Comcast in July that its buyer knowledge had been affected, saying an “unauthorized occasion downloaded knowledge from FBCS methods and encrypted some methods as a part of a ransomware assault.”
Complete variety of individuals affected (together with residents): 237,703
Complete variety of Maine residents affected: 22
Date(s) Breach Occurred: February 14, 2024
Date Breach Found: July 17, 2024
Description of the Breach: Exterior system breach (hacking)
Comcast says the information included within the breach “dates from round 2021” and that it stopped utilizing FBCS’s providers in 2020. Truist Financial institution additionally revealed that a few of its clients have been impacted by the FBCS breach. Comcast is offering identification theft safety and credit score monitoring providers to clients affected by the leak.
Final December, Comcast disclosed a large knowledge breach impacting greater than 35 million folks, together with names, contact data, partial social safety numbers, and delivery dates.
