Charter Communications confirms data breach — ShinyHunters claims 40M stolen records

Source: TechRadar Pro

Charter Communications has confirmed to the media it suffered a data breach. Infamous ransomware actors ShinyHunters added Charter to their data leak site, claiming to have breached the company’s systems, and promising to leak the stolen data unless a ransom is paid. Charter told BleepingComputer it was “aware of the situation, following security protocols, and in the process of alerting appropriate authorities." ShinyHunters claims to have nabbed 40 million records with personal information of both consumer and business customers. The group says that the attack took place Apr. 1 through a voice phishing (vishing) scam, through which they obtained a Microsoft Entra account belonging to an employee. As one of the largest telecommunications and broadband providers in the U.S., Stamford, Conn.-based Charter offers internet, cable TV, mobile, and phone services to more than 32 million customers in 40 U.S. states. The company has 92,000 employees. Full Story