Debt collector breach exposes data of 237,000 Comcast customers
A breach at debt collection agency FBCS exposed the information of about 237,000 Comcast customers. The exposed information included Social Security numbers, and the attack was confirmed to be a ransomware attack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Comcast
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information, including Social Security numbers, of about 237,000 customers
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack on debt collection agency FBCS
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It was reported that the FBCS breach had exposed personal information, including Social Security numbers, of about 237,000 Comcast customers.
- The Comcast customer data leak was reported to be linked to a ransomware attack.
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