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Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Breach After Hacker Leaks Data

Texas utility CenterPoint Energy confirmed on Monday that a threat actor has obtained customers’ personal information. The disclosure comes just days after a hacker claimed to have stolen millions of records.

CenterPoint Energy is a Houston-based public utility that delivers electricity and natural gas to roughly 7 million customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas.

The company told the SEC that it has launched an investigation after becoming aware of someone claiming to have obtained customer information.

“While the investigation remains ongoing, the Company has determined that an unauthorized third party obtained personal information relating to a portion of the Company’s customers through one of the Company’s external facing systems,” it said in the SEC filing.

The utility noted that the cybersecurity incident has not impacted the delivery of electric and gas services and it does not believe that the data breach will have a material impact.

The company’s...

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