Charter Communications Salesforce data leak exposes 4.9 million accounts
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The public leak of Charter Communications data exposed 4.9 million accounts, putting names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses into circulation. The stolen records came from a Salesforce instance and were later posted on a dark web leak site after ransom demands were rejected. A smaller employee-directory subset also added job titles to the exposed set.
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29.05.2026 11:29 1 articles · 6h ago
ShinyHunters breaches Charter Communications on April 1 via vishing
Exploitation ObservedShinyHunters claimed it breached Charter Communications on April 1 by using vishing to compromise an employee's Microsoft Entra account and reach the company's Salesforce environment, then said it used that access to steal customer and business records.
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- Charter Communications data breach affects 4.9 million accounts — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 29.05.2026 11:29
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29.05.2026 11:29 2 articles · 6h ago
Have I Been Pwned confirms 4.9 million Charter Communications accounts were exposed
Victim Impact UpdateHave I Been Pwned analyzed leaked Charter Communications data and said the incident affected 4.9 million accounts, exposing names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and a subset of employee-directory records that included job titles.
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- Charter Communications data breach affects 4.9 million accounts — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 29.05.2026 11:29
- Charter Communications data breach affects 4.9 million accounts — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 29.05.2026 11:29