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Comcast Reveals Major Xfinity Data Breach, Says It’s Not Aware Of “Any Attacks On Our Customers”

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Comcast has revealed that a major data breach at Xfinity may have compromised the accounts of close to 36 million subscribers.

A vulnerability by one of its software providers, Citrix, exposed usernames and hashed passwords and, for some customers, names, contact information, the last four digits of social security numbers, dates of birth and secret questions and answers.

Xfinity is Comcast’s brand name for its broadband, video and phone services. In a statement today, Comcast said: “We are providing notice to customers about a data security incident which exploited a vulnerability previously announced by Citrix, a software provider used by Xfinity and thousands of other companies worldwide.

We promptly patched and mitigated the vulnerability. We are not aware of any customer data being leaked anywhere, nor of any attacks on our customers.

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