Comcast Resets Nearly 200,000 Passwords After Customer List Goes On Sale (csoonline.com)

Posted by samzenpus on Monday November 9, 2015 @08:14AM from the 1-2-3-4-5 dept.

itwbennett writes: Over the weekend a Dark Web marketplace had 590,000 Comcast email addresses and passwords for sale, offering the entire list for $1,000, writes CSO's Steve Ragan. Saturday evening Ragan contacted Comcast about the accounts being sold online and learned that Comcast had 'already obtained a copy of the list' and was checking it against their customer base. 'Of the 590,000 records being sold, only about 200,000 of them were active,' Comcast said. Still unknown is the source of the data being sold online, although signs point to it being recycled.

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Re:Good time for a phone scam by Tablizer · 2015-11-09 08:45 · Score: 5, Funny

What would you call that, two factor scam authentication?
Is your network slow?: [Yes]
Does it flake at night and on weekends?: [Yes]
Do technicians pretend like they solve the problem but never do?: [Yes]
Does phone support always want to sell you crap you don't need or want?: [Yes]
Do weird fees appear on your bill out of no-where?: [Yes]
[Enter...]
You have been CONFIRMED to be a Comcast customer. Now please change your password.

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Plaintext passwords? by romanval · 2015-11-09 09:00 · Score: 5, Insightful

Who the hell stores plaintext passwords anymore? You'd think that should be illegal...