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Mississippi electric utility notifies 21K customers of data breach claimed by ransomware gang

Mississippi electric utility Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association yesterday confirmed it notified 20,997 people of an August 2024 data breach. Ransomware gang Akira claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it stole Social Security numbers, internal corporate documents, and financial records. Yazoo Valley has not verified Akira’s claim and has not publicly disclosed what data was compromised. We do not yet…