A data breach has exposed the names, addresses, social security numbers, and birthdates of more than 237,700 Comcast customers. The breach stems from a security incident at Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a debt collection agency Comcast previously used, according to a filing with the state of Maine<\/a> on Friday, as reported by BleepingComputer<\/em><\/a> and TechCrunch<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n FBCS revealed that it had suffered a breach in February, exposing the sensitive information of more than 4.2 million people<\/a>. FBCS informed Comcast in July that its customer data had been affected, saying an \u201cunauthorized party downloaded data from FBCS systems and encrypted some systems as part of a ransomware attack.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Total number of persons affected (including residents): 237,703<\/p>\n Total number of Maine residents affected: 22<\/p>\n Date(s) Breach Occurred: February 14, 2024<\/p>\n Date Breach Discovered: July 17, 2024<\/p>\n Description of the Breach: External system breach (hacking)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Comcast says the data included in the breach \u201cdates from around 2021\u201d and that it stopped using FBCS\u2019s services in 2020. Truist Bank also revealed that some of its customers were impacted by the FBCS breach. Comcast is providing identity theft protection and credit monitoring services to customers affected by the leak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Last December, Comcast disclosed a massive data breach impacting more than 35 million people<\/a>, including names, contact information, partial social security numbers, and birth dates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n