The US media conglomerate Comcast has agreed to pay a fine of USD 1.5 million after a breach at one of its former vendors exposed personal information of hundreds of thousands of customers.
The breach stems from a ransomware incident in early 2024 at Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a debt collection agency that handled collections on behalf of Comcast until 2022.
According to the settlement announced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Monday, the breach exposed pe