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Breach occurred 2015-11-08Verifiedcomcast.net
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.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Comcast data breach occurred on November 8, 2015. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on February 8, 2016.
616,882 accounts were affected by the Comcast data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Comcast breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, Physical addresses.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Comcast breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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