
CenterPoint Energy Data Breach: More Than 1 Million Texans Affected
CenterPoint Energy told Texas a breach exposed personal data of 1,062,060 residents, including Social Security numbers.
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CenterPoint Energy told Texas a breach exposed personal data of 1,062,060 residents, including Social Security numbers.

CenterPoint Energy told Texas that a breach exposed personal data of 1,062,060 residents, including Social Security numbers.

CenterPoint Energy confirmed via SEC 8-K filing that an unauthorized third party stole customer personal data from an internet-facing system.

CenterPoint Energy confirmed an unauthorized third party accessed customer personal data via an external system, disclosed in an SEC Form 8-K filing.

CenterPoint Energy confirmed a breach after a hacker claimed stealing 7.49 million customer records via an unauthenticated API lacking WAF, rate limiting, and token checks.

CenterPoint Energy confirmed a breach after a hacker claimed stealing 7.49 million customer records, including partial Social Security numbers, via an unprotected API.

CenterPoint Energy confirms attackers stole customer personal data, with a threat actor leaking 7.49 million records scraped from an unprotected API.
CenterPoint Energy confirmed hackers stole customer personal data from an external-facing system after a dark web post claimed 7.5 million records.
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