CenterPoint Energy says customers’ personal info obtained in data breach

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – Personal information belonging to CenterPoint Energy customers was obtained by an unauthorized third party in a recent data breach, according to the utility company.

In an SEC filing made Monday, the company revealed that customer data had been obtained through one of its “external-facing systems.”

The filing says that CenterPoint became aware of an online post in September claiming to have obtained a dataset containing customer information…

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