The company People's Energy contacted all its 270,000 current customers following a data breach.
An entire database had been stolen by hackers and included information on previous customers.
Data stolen included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, tariff and energy meter IDs, she said.
No financial information had been accessed.
Businesses' bank accounts and sort codes had been accessed.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55350995
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/people-energy-limited
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"date": "12/2020",
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