CenterPoint Energy Customer Data Leaked Through Third-Party System Breach
Customer personal information of US electricity and gas utility CenterPoint Energy was leaked through a third-party system. The company confirmed the leak after the data was posted online and disclosed the incident in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The attacker claimed to have stolen 7.49 million records, and it was later confirmed that more than 1 million people were affected in Texas alone.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- CenterPoint Energy
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- More than 1 million affected customers in Texas
- Cause / method
- Theft of customer personal information through a third-party system
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
Timeline
- A class action was filed over the alleged CenterPoint Energy data leak.
- After the data was posted online, the company confirmed the leak of customer personal information and disclosed it to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
- The attacker claimed to have stolen 7.49 million customer records.
- Filings with the Texas attorney general showed that more than 1 million customers were affected.
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Other incidents at CenterPoint Energy
CenterPoint Energy investigates customer data leak linked to 2023 supplier breach
↳ Knock-on damage from the ENGlobal incident · View original incidentCenterPoint Energy said it was investigating customer information posted on a cybercrime forum in January 2025. The company said the information had been leaked during a breach of an external supplier's systems in 2023 and that its own network had not been compromised. The precise extent of the impact remains under investigation.
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