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Energy giant ENGIE discloses data breach affecting customers

BleepingComputer · · International · Data Breaches

French energy giant ENGIE, one of the world's largest power and natural gas providers, confirmed that attackers stole customer data after breaching a marketing platform used by business partners. [...]

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