Security News > 2020 > December > UK Energy Startup 'People's Energy' Discloses Data Breach
UK energy supplier People's Energy this week started informing customers of a data breach that affected some of their personal information.
In a data breach notification published on its website, the energy supplier reveals that, on December 16, it was the victim of a cyberattack in which an unauthorized party accessed one of the systems used to store member data.
"As soon as we became aware of what was happening, we acted immediately to close down the route being used to get into our system, and to stop access to any further information," People's Energy notes.
The data breach affected both current and former customers and the company is currently working on contacting all of the affected parties.
According to the BBC, People's Energy revealed in an interview that 15 small-business customers had their financial information accessed by the attackers.
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