If you’re a Comcast customer, you may be eligible to claim part of a $117.5 million data breach settlement. The recent case centers on a cybersecurity incident from October 2023 in which millions of Xfinity customers’ personal information was accessed by data thieves.
When Comcast notified users of the breach (PDF) in December 2023, the company admitted data thieves stole usernames, passwords, names, contact information, dates of birth and the last four digits of Social Security numbers.
In a class action lawsuit, Hasson v. Comcast Cable Communications LLC (PDF), customers contended that Comcast was responsible for financial damages and for the time spent pursuing identity theft protection related to the breach. While Comcast denied any wrongdoing, the company reached a preliminary settlement in January, agreeing to pay $117.5 million to 36 million affected customers.
The official settlement website is now live, although payments won’t begin until after the court’s final approval hearing. That hearing is
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