Charter confirms breach after ShinyHunters claims 40 million records

Charter’s confirmation means the breach is no longer just a threat from ShinyHunters; it is an acknowledged incident involving user information. For streaming-adjacent businesses like Charter, the immediate issue is customer data exposure, not service features or product launches. The competitive signal is the scale of the claim: 40 million records and named customers raise the stakes for how large telecom and broadband operators handle account data. The next concrete item to watch is whether Charter identifies which data fields were affected beyond customer names.