About 300,000 of Georgia Power’s 2.8 million customers had personal details exposed after hackers got into the utility’s online customer portal, the company said October 5. The exposed records include names, mailing addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and the last four digits of Social Security numbers. Roughly 100,000 customers of sister utility Alabama Power were affected too, and Mississippi Power customers are named in the notice. Georgia Power is offering affected customers one year of free credit monitoring through Equifax.
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What the Southern Company notice lists
Georgia Power, Alabama Power and Mississippi Power are all owned by Southern Company, and the notice covers customers of all three. The company says it found the activity through its ongoing monitoring, took immediate steps to stop it and engaged law enforcement. Georgia Power spokesperson Jacob Hawkins told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “We understand the trust our customers place in us and remain committed to protecting their information.” The utilities say bank account numbers, payment card numbers and driver’s license numbers were not accessed…