US telecom giant Comcast, along with Truist Bank, Capio, and CF Medical, are the latest companies to be hit with a data leak, but it’s not their fault. The data leak stems from the Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) breach in February. 237,000 Comcast customers’ personal information was exposed, including people’s names, addresses, Social Security numbers, birth dates, and Comcast account and ID numbers.
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