Consumer Apps · Streaming · Data breach
Peacock (NBCUniversal/Comcast)
Headline
Peacock's parent Comcast separately agreed to pay $117.5 MILLION to settle a 2023 data breach affecting 35.8 million Xfinity customers…
Peacock's parent Comcast separately agreed to pay $117.5 MILLION to settle a 2023 data breach affecting 35.8 million Xfinity customers — not confirmed whether Peacock accounts specifically were caught up in that breach, but the shared corporate infrastructure makes it worth checking directly.
- Severity
- Evidence tierUnassigned
- Claims confirmed
- Last verified2026-08-04
Primary source. www.masonllp.com/blog/hasson-v-comcast-cable-communications/ — Verified - primary source confirmed.
Terms
Arbitration
Not independently confirmed this pass — standard binding arbitration + class action waiver expected.
Data sharing
Owned by Comcast/NBCUniversal — relevant to note Comcast's own Xfinity brands are documented elsewhere in this tracker (Carriers and Internet Providers tabs) for a separate $117.5 MILLION data-breach settlement (referenced in the Zoom row's comparison context) — not independently confirmed whether that breach specifically touched Peacock account data, though shared corporate infrastructure makes it worth a direct follow-up check.
Fees and billing
Not itemized this pass.
Contacts
Privacy contact. Not recorded.
Legal notice. Not verified this pass. If publicly traded: SEC Form 10-K cover page gives the official corporate address; the Secretary of State business-entity search in the state of incorporation gives the registered agent, which must accept service. If private: the state registered agent is usually the only reliable route.
Mailing address. Not recorded.
Evidence
| Claim | Kind | Support | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Comcast is Peacock's parent company. | fact | unsupported | none recorded |
| 2. Comcast's data-breach settlement is $117.5 million. | fact | supported | none recorded |
| 3. Comcast has paid the $117.5 million settlement. | fact | contradicted | 1 (0 confirmed) |
| 4. The settlement concerns a 2023 data breach. | fact | supported | none recorded |
| 5. The breach affected 35.8 million Xfinity customers. | fact | contradicted | 1 (0 confirmed) |
| 6. It is not confirmed whether Peacock accounts were caught up in the breach. | characterization | n/a | none recorded |
| 7. Shared corporate infrastructure makes it worth checking directly. | characterization | n/a | none recorded |
0 of 7 claims have a confirmed source of their own.
Sources
| Source | Claim | Tier | Status | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| court · 2026-08-20 www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.paed.617030/gov.uscourts.paed.617030.321.0.pdf | Claim 3 | Unassigned | corrected | “The Settlement Agreement establishes a non-reversionary Settlement Fund of $117,500,000.” Quote basis: not recorded. |
| court · 2026-08-20 www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.paed.617030/gov.uscourts.paed.617030.321.0.pdf | Claim 5 | Unassigned | corrected | “The Settlement establishes a $117,500,000 non-reversionary common fund for the benefit of approximately 31.5 million Settlement Class Members.” Quote basis: not recorded. |
Source vault
Link status: Candidate - not yet fetched
| Document | Last fetch | |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy policy peacocktv.com/legal/privacy-policy | Not fetched yet | NO (HTML only) |
| Terms of service peacocktv.com/legal/terms-of-use | Not fetched yet | NO (HTML only) |
| Website No URL recorded | Not fetched yet | — |
| Primary source https://www.masonllp.com/blog/hasson-v-comcast-cable-communications/ Verification: Verified - primary source confirmed | Not fetched yet | — |
Enforcement
No enforcement actions are linked to this row.
State statute
No HQ state on file, so no state statute applies by headquarters.