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Data breach leaks SSNs of over 230,000 Comcast customers
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge 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 on Friday, as reported by BleepingComputer and TechCrunch.FBCS revealed that it had suffered a breach in February, exposing the sensitive information of more than 4.2 million people. FBCS informed Comcast in July that its customer data had been affected, saying an unauthorized party downloaded data from FBCS systems and encrypted some systems as part of a ransomware attack."Breach Information:
The Internet Archive is still down but will return in ‘days, not weeks’
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Internet Archive will come back within days" following a cyberattack that brought down the organization's vast digital library and the Wayback Machine, according to an update from founder Brewster Kahle. It's been struggling due to a data breach and DDoS attack earlier this week that revealed the email addresses, screen names, password change timestamps, and other information associated with more than 31 million unique email addresses.Currently, if you try to access the Internet Archive's website, you'll see a notice that says it's temporarily" offline. Links to the Wayback Machine also won't load.
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