Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Charter Confirms Cyber Incident After ShinyHunters Claims Theft of Millions of Customer Records
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 4

Charter Confirms Cyber Incident After ShinyHunters Claims Theft of Millions of Customer Records

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 4

Summary

  • Charter said a cybersecurity incident hit sales tools for current, past and prospective business customers after ShinyHunters posted the company on its leak site.
  • April 1 was the claimed breach date, with ShinyHunters saying a voice-phishing call helped it access an employee Microsoft Entra account and then Charter's Salesforce system.
  • Charter said no CPNI or sensitive personal information was released, but the hackers claimed they took names, emails, home addresses, phone numbers, plan details and support-ticket data.
  • More than 32 million customers across 40-plus states use Charter services, and the conflicting accounts raise the risk of follow-on scams posing as Spectrum billing or technical support.

Insights

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