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Comcast is warning that hackers stole the personal data of more than 230,000 customers during a ransomware attack on a third-party debt collector, according to a court filing. The bad actors targeted a Pennsylvania-based debt collection agency called Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS.)
The attack occurred back in February, but Comcast claims that FBCS initially said that the incident didnāt involve any customer data. FBCS changed its tune by July, when it notified Comcast that customer informa
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