Comcast Data Breach

What happened?

In November 2015, the US internet and cable TV provider Comcast suffered a data breach that exposed 590k customer email addresses and plain text passwords . A further 27k accounts appeared with home addresses with the entire data set being sold on underground forums.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is November 8, 2015. The record was added to the catalogue on February 8, 2016 and last updated there on February 8, 2016.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Passwords
• Physical addresses

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Comcast or used comcast.net around November 8, 2015. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.