Comcast Leaks Xfinity Customer Data, Including User Home Address and WiFi Passwords in Plaintext
https://wccftech.com/comcast-leaks-xfinity-customer-data/
Comcast apparently forgot to secure its own wireless services, as its website allowed exposure of customer’s private information, including their home addresses. The bug was discovered in Comcast’s website that was used to activate Xfinity routers by security researchers Karan Saini and Ryan Stevenson. They report that the bug returned sensitive information about the company’s customers during the activation process.
The disclosure comes at a bad time – if there’s any bad time for ISPs – as the company is reportedly in the process of launching its own line of network routers.
Comcast Leaks Xfinity Customer Data, Including User Home Address and WiFi Passwords in Plaintext
May 22, 2018, 8:17pm UTC
https://wccftech.com/comcast-leaks-xfinity-customer-data/
> Comcast apparently forgot to secure its own wireless services, as its website allowed exposure of customer’s private information, including their home addresses. The bug was discovered in Comcast’s website that was used to activate Xfinity routers by security researchers Karan Saini and Ryan Stevenson. They report that the bug returned sensitive information about the company’s customers during the activation process.
> The disclosure comes at a bad time – if there’s any bad time for ISPs – as the company is reportedly in the process of launching its own line of network routers.