Ransomware victim disclosure

Charter Communications, Inc.

Claimed by shinyhunters · listed 4 hours ago

Today

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 23, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: shinyhunters
Status: Data leaked
Country: US
Sector: Telecommunication
Listed on leak site: May 23, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Charter Communications, Inc. is a major United States telecommunications company providing cable television, internet, and phone services to millions of customers across North America.

Industry: Telecommunications

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration of 42+ million PII records from a major telecommunications provider affecting millions of customers; massive scale of sensitive personal data exposure.

The shinyhunters group claims to have exfiltrated over 42 million records containing personally identifiable information (PII) from Charter Communications and threatens to publish the data unless ransom is paid by 27 May 2026.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

personally identifiable information (PII)
customer records

What the group claims

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

Source

Indexed 4 hours ago

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Disclosure context

About shinyhunters

Based on the limited publicly available information, shinyhunters appears to be a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in October 2025, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, and there is insufficient public documentation to determine whether they operate as a Ransomware-as-a-Service model or as an independent entity. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence firms, though their targeting pattern suggests a broad opportunistic approach rather than sector-specific specialization. The group has reportedly victimized approximately 77 organizations, with primary targeting focused on the United States, France, Japan, Germany, and Australia, showing particular interest in consumer services, technology, financial services, transportation and logistics, and education sectors. Given the group's very recent emergence in late 2025, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents documented by established security research organizations, and no known law enforcement actions have been publicly reported against this group. The current operational status of shinyhunters remains active based on available reporting, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from major security firms like Mandiant, CrowdStrike, or government agencies have not yet been published due to the group's recent appearance in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 111 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on October 3, 2025; most recent post May 23, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 23, 2026Charter Communications, Inc. listed by shinyhunterson the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Telecommunication sector, which has 54 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Charter Communications, Inc. is reported in US, a country with 2,713 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.