People's Energy
- Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication.
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
What is the People's Energy data breach?
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...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around December 2020.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 358,822 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Dates of birth, Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers and Physical addresses.
What should I do if I was affected?
Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.