A vulnerability in the website of Charter Communications, a cable and Internet provider that exposed the personal account details of its customers.
The exposed data did not include credit card numbers.
The company investigated the issuse and fix it within hours.
Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/3046477/simple-website-flaw-exposed-data-on-charter-internet-customers
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/charter-communications
"id": "cha3137622",
"linkid": "charter-communications",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "10/2016",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Telecommunications',
'name': 'Charter Communications',
'type': 'Cable and Internet Provider'}],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal account details']},
'description': 'A vulnerability in the website of Charter Communications, a '
'cable and Internet provider, exposed the personal account '
'details of its customers. The exposed data did not include '
'credit card numbers. The company investigated the issue and '
'fixed it within hours.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['personal account details'],
'systems_affected': ['website']},
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['investigated the issue and fixed it '
'within hours']},
'title': 'Data Exposure Incident at Charter Communications',
'type': 'Data Exposure'}