The email passwords of up to 320,000 Time Warner Cable accounts may have been stolen.
The telecommunications company told Reuters the information was likely obtained through phishing attacks or data breaches of outside companies that store account information of Time Warner customers. Time Warner's own systems, however, don't appear to have been breached.
Individuals whose information was compromised will be contacted directly by Time Warner and encouraged to change their email password.
Jordan Sirani is a freelance news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @jdsirani.
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The telecommunications company told Reuters the information was likely obtained through phishing attacks or data breaches of outside companies that store account information of Time Warner customers. Time Warner's own systems, however, don't appear to have been breached.
Individuals whose information was compromised will be contacted directly by Time Warner and encouraged to change their email password.
Jordan Sirani is a freelance news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @jdsirani.
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