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Breach Record

Charter Communications

DISCLOSED 2026-05-23 · RANSOMWARE · 42,000,000 RECORDS EXPOSED

On May 23, 2026, the ShinyHunters extortion group claimed to have stolen approximately 42 million records from Charter Communications, a major US telecom provider. The breach was publicly announced by the threat actor. No further details on the attack method or data types were provided.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2026-05-23
Attack vector
Ransomware
Sector
telecom
Country
US
Records exposed
42,000,000
Sources

Cited reporting

↗ allthingsgeek.me (2026-05-27)
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