Charter Communications Data Breach Could Impact Nearly 5 Million
The notorious ShinyHunters extortion group has published data allegedly stolen from the telecoms services provider Charter Communications.
ShinyHunters is known for engaging in voice phishing attacks to gain access to victim organizations’ networks and rapidly exfiltrate data that it then threatens to leak online unless a ransom is paid.
The group lists its victims on a Tor-based leak site, and the data it claims to have been stolen from Charter was made available for download on that portal on Thursday, which suggests that the company did not pay a ransom to prevent its publication.
According to ShinyHunters’ post, the stolen data includes over 42 million customer records, along with customer proprietary network information (CPNI).
The number of potentially affected individuals, however, appears to be only 4.9 million, data breach notification website HaveIBeenPwned says.
Its analysis of the data revealed 4.9 million unique email addresses, along with names, addresses, and phone...
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