ShinyHunters Extortion Gang Breaches Charter Communications, Affecting 4.9 Million Accounts

The ShinyHunters extortion gang breached Charter Communications, a U.S. telecom provider, in early April, stealing personal information from 4.9 million customer accounts. The incident was confirmed by data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned, which reported the exposure of compromised data. No specific technical details, such as attack vectors or types of exposed data, were disclosed in the notice. The breach affects Charter Communications, a major telecommunications company operating in the United States. The exact date of the breach was not specified beyond 'early April.'