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YouTube explainer by cybersecurity expert Caitlin Sarian about a data breach affecting 36 million Xfinity customers. She attributes the incident to the Citrix Bleed vulnerability (patched by Citrix in October) and reports unauthorized access to internal systems between October 16 and October 19, exposing names, contact details, account usernames and passwords, birth dates, and portions of Social Security numbers. She advises all Xfinity customers to reset usernames and passwords (avoiding reused passwords), enable two-factor authentication, and contact Xfinity support if needed.

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36 million customers.

Between October 16 and October 19.

The Citrix Bleed vulnerability (Citrix had patched it in October).

Names, contact information, account usernames and passwords, birth dates, and parts of Social Security numbers.

Reset usernames and passwords (do not reuse passwords), enable two-factor authentication, and contact Xfinity support (toll-free, 24 hours).

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