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People's Energy data breach (2020)

In December 2020, the UK power company People's Energy suffered a data breach. The breach exposed almost 7GB of files containing 359k unique email addresses along with names, phones numbers, physical addresses and dates of birth.

Victim
People's Energy
records
358.8K
SectorEnergy
CountryUnited Kingdom

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2020-12-16, People's Energy was affected by a data breach. Approximately 358,822 accounts were exposed. In December 2020, the UK power company People's Energy suffered a data breach. The breach exposed almost 7GB of files containing 359k unique email addresses along with names, phones numbers, physical addresses and dates of birth.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#People'sEnergy
  2. peoplesenergy.co.ukhttps://peoplesenergy.co.uk

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