Data for almost 36 million customers now in the hands of unknown hackers.

Xfinity waited 13 days to patch critical Citrix Bleed 0-day. Now it’s paying the price::Data for almost 36 million customers now in the hands of unknown hackers.

  • virku@lemmy.worldEnglish
    341·
    10 months ago

    In Europe this would be a hard to explain breach of GDPR. Which could result in some hefty fines. Especially if it is a vulnerability they knew about but chose to wait.

      • kurushimi@lemmyonline.comEnglish
        14·
        10 months ago

        Sure, but given that the poster said “would” the point is to bring additional awareness to how consumer-backing laws with actual teeth can bring about positive change, and perhaps to motivate citizens to support similar legislation and legislators who would write it.

    • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      10 months ago

      In the real world, fines are a cost carried to the customer. So even with GDPR, the customer is still the loser in the situation.