Later, it was revealed that this breach of confidential information affected more than 74,000 individuals and households in California—over half of Comcast‘s users in California with unlisted numbers. While the breach hit California the hardest, it also occurred with Comcast customers in other states. These numbers were treated just like ordinary listed phone numbers, licensed by Comcast to „publishers,“ directory assistance providers, and apparently passed on to other databases and published for everyone to see.