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Massive Data Breach Linked to CitrixBleed Vulnerability Exposed by Comcast’s Xfinity

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Massive Data Breach Linked to CitrixBleed Vulnerability Exposed by Comcast’s Xfinity

Comcast’s Xfinity broadband entertainment platform announced a significant data breach affecting 35.9 million customers, related to the CitrixBleed vulnerability. The company quickly fixed the vulnerability after detecting an anomaly in mid-October and taking additional security measures. Despite this, a breach was identified between October 16 and 19 by an unauthorized third party during a cybersecurity … Read more

Data breach at Comcast Xfinity impacts more than 35 million individuals

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Data breach at Comcast Xfinity impacts more than 35 million individuals

Comcast’s Xfinity customers are being notified of a data security incident that occurred from October 16 to October 19, 2023, resulting in the theft of customer information, including usernames, passwords, contact information, partial social security numbers, and more. The breach affected a total of 35,879,455 people, including over 50,000 in Maine. Xfinity attributes the breach … Read more

Lawsuit filed against Citrix for Xfinity breach revealing data of 36 million users

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Lawsuit filed against Citrix for Xfinity breach revealing data of 36 million users

Three days after Xfinity reported a data breach affecting 36 million users, Citrix Systems Inc. is now facing a class-action lawsuit for failing to prevent the breach. Comcast revealed the extent of the breach, which occurred between October 16 and 19, in a notice to the Maine Attorney General. The hackers gained unauthorized access to … Read more

Millions of Xfinity customer data compromised by hackers exploiting Citrix Bleed vulnerability

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Millions of Xfinity customer data compromised by hackers exploiting Citrix Bleed vulnerability

Comcast’s Xfinity cable unit faced a cybersecurity breach due to the Citrix Bleed vulnerability, affecting approximately 36 million customers. Hackers accessed customer information by exploiting the vulnerability, resulting in a data breach. The breach impacted Xfinity systems for a few days in mid-October, with hackers gaining access to customer usernames, passwords, and personal details like … Read more

Exploited Citrix Vulnerability Used to Access Data from Over 35 Million Comcast Xfinity Customers – Help Net Security

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Exploited Citrix Vulnerability Used to Access Data from Over 35 Million Comcast Xfinity Customers – Help Net Security

Comcast, a telecommunications company, recently confirmed a breach that compromised the personal information of over 35.8 million Xfinity customers. The breach was a result of CVE-2023-4966, also known as Citrix Bleed, an information disclosure vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway devices. This vulnerability was exploited by attackers since the end of August 2023 and became widespread … Read more

Citrix Bleed bug leads to data breach exposing information of 35 million Xfinity customers

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Citrix Bleed bug leads to data breach exposing information of 35 million Xfinity customers

Xfinity, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, recently confirmed that more than 35 million of its customers were impacted by a data breach linked to the Citrix Bleed vulnerability. This cyberattack, which occurred in mid-October, resulted in the theft of usernames and encrypted passwords. Citrix first announced the discovery of the critical vulnerability CVE-2023-4966 on October … Read more