Charter Communications
Disclosed May 26, 20264 months ago4,851,517 accountsUnverified
Charter confirms breach as ShinyHunters claims 40 million customer records
Charter Communications confirmed a data breach after ShinyHunters claimed to have exported 40 million customer records from Salesforce using a voice phished Microsoft Entra account. Charter said no sensitive personal information or CPNI was exfiltrated.
What is known
| People affected | 4,851,517 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | May 26, 2026 |
| Happened | May 23, 2026 |
| Attack | Phishing |
| Data exposed | Emails, Employment, Names, Phone numbers, Addresses, Messages |
| Sector | Telecom · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwned: Charterhaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
| Charter confirms data breach after ShinyHunters extortion threatbleepingcomputer.com · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | May 26 | |
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | May 28 | 4,851,517 |
Other breaches at Charter Communications
| Breach | Affected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed Sep 1, 2023Sep 1, 20233 years ago | Sep 1, 20233 years ago | Not stated | Tech | Confirmed | Unknown |
| Disclosed Feb 10, 2023Feb 10, 20233 years ago | Feb 10, 20233 years ago | Not stated | Tech | Confirmed | Unknown |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to press · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Charter to https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/charter-confirms-data-breach-after-shinyhunters-extortion-threat/ · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · country: empty to US · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · sector: tech to telecom · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · attack: insider to phishing · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["emails","employment","names","phone","addresses"] to ["emails","employment","names","phone","addresses","messages"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2026-05-28 to 2026-05-26 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: In May 2026, the telecommunications company Charter Communications (the parent company behind the consumer broadband and cable brand Spectrum) was named by the ShinyHunters group in a "pay or leak" extortion campaign . The group later publi to Charter Communications confirmed a data breach after ShinyHunters claimed to have exported 40 million customer records from Salesforce using a voice phished Microsoft Entra account. Charter said no sensitive personal information or CPNI was · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Charter confirms breach as ShinyHunters claims 40 million customer records · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.