CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
bd_e5efbd71c6e949a0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. →7 incidents on fileThreat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Shinyhunters on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
Over 42M records containing PII have been compromised. This is a final warning to reach out by 27 May 2026 before we leak along with several annoying (digital) problems that'll come your way. Make the right decision, don't be the next headline. Pay or Leak. | Updated: 23 May 2026 | Warning: FINAL WARNING PAY OR LEAK
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
May 23, 2026
Claim posted
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Corroborated · see linked filings
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
Not assessable
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap
- Pressshinyhuntersbd_8fb6ddf9c62620272026-04-01 · +52dCandidate
Filing propagation · 2 filings
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Apr 1, last May 23 — a 52-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
Source ceiling
- actor name
- victim claim
- ransom/leak status
- discovery date
- materiality
- notification
- affected count
- confirmed data types
- compliance clock
The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
shinyhunters
According to ransomware.live, ShinyHunters is a financially motivated data-theft and extortion group active since 2020, responsible for high-profile breaches including Ticketmaster (via Snowflake) and PowerSchool; by 2025 they launched a RaaS offering called "shinysp1d3r," and in August 2025 French authorities arrested four members.