Thursday, January 07, 2016

Time Warner Cable warns 320,000 customers of possible hack

Hundreds of thousands of Time Warner Cable customers may have had their email passwords compromised, the company warns.

The news came to light on Wednesday when the FBI notified Time Warner about the possible breach, according to Reuters.

“Approximately 320,000 customers across our markets could be impacted by this situation,” said Eric Mangan, the company’s director of public relations, according to VentureBeat. “To protect the security of these customers, we are sending emails and direct mail correspondence to encourage them to update their email password as a precaution.” .... https://www.rt.com/usa