2026 CenterPoint Energy — utility customer data breach; 1M+ Texas customers exposed
Data compromised
Customer names, home addresses, Social Security numbers (full), driver's license numbers
Technical writeup
Customer database accessed and exfiltrated. Threat actor posted data on dark web prompting public disclosure. Company filed SEC Form 8-K Sept 14. Confirmed 1,062,060 Texas customers affected. Attacker claims 7.49M total records. Service operations unaffected.
Root cause
Data theft via undisclosed attack vector; customer database accessed. Attacker publicly posted data on dark web.