Charter Communications Data Breach Could Impact Nearly 5 Million
The notorious ShinyHunters extortion group leaked over 42 million records allegedly stolen from Charter in April. The post Charter Communications Data Breach Could Impact Nearly 5 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/charter-communications-data-breach-could-impact-nearly-5-million/
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