Fiber broadband giant investigates breach affecting 1M users

Brightspeed, one of the largest fiber broadband providers in the United States, is investigating claims that hackers stole sensitive data tied to more than one million customers.

The allegations surfaced when a group calling itself the Crimson Collective posted messages on Telegram warning Brightspeed employees to check their email. The group claims it has access to over one million residential customer records and threatened to release sample data if the company does not respond.

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