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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Comcast resets 200,000 cleartext passwords that were up for sale online

Comcast has urged its customers to change their account details, after it discovered that data was being sold on the dark web. It has already reset affected cleartext passwords as a precautionary measure.
Speaking to the Chicago Tribune, the media company explained that a list of usernames and passwords belonging to 590,000 people were being offered by a cybercriminal in a hidden, online marketplace.


Comcast resets 200,000 cleartext passwords that were up for sale online

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