Comcast to pay $1.5M fine for vendor breach affecting 270K customers

Comcast agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine to settle an FCC investigation into a February 2024 breach of vendor Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) that exposed personal and financial data — including Social Security numbers and account numbers — of 273,703 Comcast customers; FBCS later reported the breach impacted millions overall. The FCC consent decree requires Comcast to implement enhanced vendor oversight, appoint a compliance officer, conduct periodic vendor risk assessments, file semiannual compliance reports for three years, and report material violations within 30 days.