Comcast agrees to $117.5M settlement over 2023 Xfinity data breach affecting millions of customers
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Comcast has agreed to a $117.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over an October 2023 cybersecurity breach that exposed personal information of millions of Xfinity customers, including usernames, passwords, contact info, dates of birth, and partial Social Security numbers. The lawsuit alleged Comcast failed to properly protect customer data, though the company denies wrongdoing. The settlement aims to compensate affected customers.
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· 4 pulledComcast has agreed to pay $117.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a cybersecurity breach that exposed the personal information of millions of Xfinity customers in October 2023.
The lawsuit alleges that Comcast 'failed to properly protect personal information' and had 'inadequate data security.'
The communications company has denied any wrongdoing.
Comcast did tell customers in a notice that the personal information in the data breach included usernames, passwords, contact information, dates of birth and the last four digits of Social Security numbers.
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