American Telecommunications Company, Time Warner Cable Inc has declared that up to 320,000 customers may have their email passwords got stolen.
The company has not yet determined the source of theft but it said that the theft might have occurred either through malware downloaded during phishing attacks or indirectly through data breaches of other companies that stored customer’s information.
The company came to know about the breach after it was notified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The company is sending emails to encourage customers to update their email passwords as a precaution.