Electric and gas utility CenterPoint Energy warns of data breach after dark web post
Houston-based CenterPoint Energy notified federal regulators about an incident that exposed some customer data on the dark web.
Texas-based electric and gas utility CenterPoint Energy told regulators that hackers obtained personal information from its systems during a recent data breach.
The company filed an 8-K form with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday evening confirming that it became aware of a dark web post this month claiming to offer data stolen from CenterPoint Energy.
CenterPoint Energy said the delivery of electric and gas services has not been impacted by the incident. But an investigation into the claims revealed that hackers did obtain “personal information relating to a portion of the Company’s customers through one of the Company’s external facing systems.”
Source: https://therecord.media/centerpoint-energy-data-breach
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