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People's Energy data breach358.8k accounts compromised on 2020-12-16
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People's Energy (peoplesenergy.co.uk) was the source of a data breach dated 2020-12-16, exposing 358,822 accounts. The details below are mirrored from Have I Been Pwned and reflect the source's account of the incident at the time of publication.
Incident Report
| Target Organization | People's Energy |
|---|---|
| Source Name | PeoplesEnergy |
| Domain | peoplesenergy.co.uk |
| Breach Date | 2020-12-16 |
| Added to HIBP | 2021-02-23 |
| Last Modified | 2021-11-25 |
| Accounts Compromised | 358,822(358.8k) |
| Data Exposed | Dates of birthEmail addressesNamesPasswordsPhone numbersPhysical addresses |
| Status | Verified by HIBP |
Description
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. The incident also included People's Energy staff email addresses and bcrypt password hashes (no customer passwords were exposed).
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