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Hackers claim breach of 1 million Brightspeed customers
The group also threatened to disrupt service.
- Organisation
- Brightspeed
- Disclosed
- 6 January 2026
- Affected
- 1,000,000 (claimed by attacker, unconfirmed)
- Data
- Personal and account data
- Attacker
- Crimson Collective
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM Alliance monthly roundup ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Hackers claim breach of 1 million Brightspeed customers”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 6 Jan 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-01-06-brightspeed-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM Alliance monthly roundup, https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-disconnect-brightspeed/.
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