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#1 BleepingComputer general May 26, 2026 at 19:46 UTC

Charter confirms data breach after ShinyHunters extortion threat

By Lawrence Abrams

AI Summary

Charter Communications confirmed a data breach after ShinyHunters threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom was paid. The incident adds Charter to a growing list of telecom victims targeted by ShinyHunters, a prolific extortion group also responsible for breaches at 7-Eleven and other major organizations in the same period. Security teams at telecom and critical infrastructure organizations should treat this as a signal of active ShinyHunters targeting campaigns.

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