"Xfinity Data Breach Exposes Millions of Customers' Information"

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Source: WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm
"Xfinity Data Breach Exposes Millions of Customers' Information"
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Xfinity, owned by Comcast, revealed that hackers gained unauthorized access to personal information of nearly 36 million customers due to a software vulnerability provided by Citrix. The breach, which affected close to 35.9 million user accounts, exposed user names, passwords, contact information, account security questions, birthdates, and the last four digits of social security numbers. Xfinity is urging customers to reset passwords and use two-factor authentication, but claims no customer data has been leaked or attacked. Comcast has not yet filed a disclosure with the SEC regarding the breach.

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