Time Warner Cable Warns Some Customer Email Addresses, Passwords May Be Compromised

[Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>]

Time Warner Cable Warns Some Customer Email Addresses, Passwords May Be Compromised

January 6, 2016 4:29 PM

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/01/06/time-warner-cable-data/

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Time Warner Cable warned customers Wednesday that their personal information – including 
account passwords – may have been compromised.

The cable operator was notified recently by the FBI that some customer email addresses and account passwords might have 
been compromised, according to a notice issued Wednesday afternoon.

The compromise was not believed to be related to any Time Warner Cable systems or processes, and there was no evidence 
of a breach in Time Warner’s systems, the company said. Time Warner Cable believes the addresses were previously stolen 
from non-Time Warner Cable sources and might have been sold, along with email addresses for customers of other 
providers.

Time Warner said it is working to reach out to the customers who might have been affected, and will advise them to 
change their passwords using a “strong, unique alternative.”

Approximately 320,000 customers throughout the markets that Time Warner serves could be impacted, Time Warner said.

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