Charter Communications security incident history
Hacking, data breaches and other security incidents involving Charter Communications, with related coverage.
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.
Related reports: 7 · last report →Chinese hackers breach Charter and Windstream networks
Impact: Charter and Windstream networks breached
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.
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