Chinese hackers breach Charter and Windstream networks
Chinese hackers breached the networks of Charter and Windstream. Whether specific data was exposed, the scale of the damage, the timing of the breach and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Charter Communications
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Charter and Windstream networks breached
- Cause / method
- Network intrusion by Chinese hackers
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- The breach of Charter and Windstream networks by Chinese hackers came to light.
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Charter Communications breach exposes 4.9 million accounts
Impact: Data of 4.9 million accounts exposed, according to the company
Charter Communications confirmed a data breach, and ShinyHunters used the stolen data to blackmail the company. The attackers claimed to have leaked 40 million customer records, and it was later reported that more than 13 million had been published. The company put the damage at 4.9 million accounts, and on 2 June the number of leaked records was given as 42 million.
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