Charter Data Breach: ShinyHunters Claims 42 Million Records Stolen on the Dark Web

**Charter Communications data breach:** ShinyHunters claims over 42 million Charter records were stolen and posted on the dark web, with Have I Been Pwned confirming ~**4.9 million** unique email addresses exposed; the attacker reportedly used vishing to compromise a Microsoft Entra account and access a Salesforce instance, exfiltrating names, emails, phone numbers, addresses, job titles and some customer data, while Charter disputes that sensitive personal information or CPNI was taken — the incident is being tracked as part of a broader ShinyHunters campaign and presents ongoing phishing and impersonation risks.