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CenterPoint data breach affects over 1 million Texas customers

A data breach at CenterPoint Energy compromised personal information of more than 1 million Texas customers, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office. The breach involved names, addresses, social security number information and driver license numbers.

Where
Houston, Harris County
When
Oct. 14, 2026
Sources
Reported by 5 outlets

Counties: Harris

Taxes and money

None stated in sources.

Does this affect you?

Who's involved

  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's officereleased details of the data breach
  • CenterPoint Energyutility company affected by breach

The facts

  • Data breach affected 1,062,060 Texas customers, according to AG report.1
  • Breach compromised names, addresses, social security numbers and driver license information.1
  • CenterPoint learned of unauthorized third-party access one month before official disclosure.1
  • CenterPoint had not notified affected customers as of the report date.1
  • CenterPoint confirmed the breach in an SEC filing without specifying customer count or data type.1
  • Customers filed class-action lawsuits against CenterPoint in multiple states last month.1
  • CenterPoint's electric and gas delivery services remained operational and undisrupted.1

Who said what

These are statements and claims made by the people involved. They are reported, not verified.

  • CenterPoint Energy Continuing to investigate the cybersecurity incident with outside advisers.1
  • CenterPoint Energy Still determining which customers will be notified in accordance with legal requirements.1

Where the sources disagree

  • Whether AG report and CenterPoint's earlier SEC-filed breach disclosure refer to same incident SEC filing did not specify customer count or data type per [1]; unclear if same breach per [1]

How they headlined it

The same event, as each outlet put it. Marked words appear in only one outlet's headline.

  • CenterPoint data breach affects over 1 million Texans, new AG report shows

    Houston Chronicle

  • More than 1 million Texans affected by CenterPoint data breach, AG report shows

    Click2Houston

  • More than 1 million customers impacted by CenterPoint Energy data breach, AG report filing shows

    ABC13 Houston

  • CenterPoint data breach affected more than one million customers in Texas, AG reports

    KHOU

  • CenterPoint Energy Data Breach: More Than 1 Million Texans Affected

    Security Affairs

Sources

Outlets: 3 not rated Who's covering Texas →

These outlets were found through Google News headlines. Google decides which outlets appear there, and they lean mostly one way, so this sheet can only be as balanced as the reporting it was built from. Leanings are AllSides Media Bias Ratings.

  1. CenterPoint data breach affects over 1 million Texans, new AG report shows Houston Chronicle Not rated, October 14, 2026
  2. More than 1 million Texans affected by CenterPoint data breach, AG report shows Click2Houston Not rated, October 14, 2026
  3. More than 1 million customers impacted by CenterPoint Energy data breach, AG report filing shows ABC13 Houston Not rated, October 14, 2026

Also reported by KHOU, Security Affairs.

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