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Xfinity discloses data breach after recent Citrix server hack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 9 months ago by LollerCorleone@kbin.social to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

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Comcast Cable Communications, doing business as Xfinity, disclosed on Monday that attackers who breached one of its Citrix servers in October also stole customer-sensitive information from its systems.

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[–] solariplex@slrpnk.net 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They were revealed to brag to ad sellers about having access to tons of sensitive information about its customers, by spying on e.g. ambient conversations through smartphones and smart TVs, right?

Or was it them who requested customers install an xfinity root certificate on their phone, without telling it would enable xfinity to man-in-the-middle all their internet activity?

Funny, it's almost like fucking around with peoples' privacy and security inevitably leads to finding out

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