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Electric and gas utility CenterPoint Energy warns of data breach after dark web post

The Record · · International · Data Breaches

CenterPoint Energy, a Houston-based electric and gas utility, has notified federal regulators of a data breach after customer data appeared on the dark web. The company disclosed the incident in a regulatory filing.

Why this matters: Utility companies hold data that is hard to walk away from. You cannot switch your gas provider the way you switch an app. People have no choice but to hand over their name, address, payment information, and home energy usage. When that data ends up on the dark web, the customers affected cannot opt out retroactively. A breach at infrastructure this basic also draws attention from regulators for good reason — utilities are a target, and the consequences of weak security land entirely on people who never agreed to take the risk.

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