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Texas Electric Cooperatives notifies 1,352 people of data breach that compromised SSNs

Texas Electric Cooperatives this week notified 1,352 Texans of a June 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers. Ransomware group Play claimed responsibility for the attack on June 11, 2024, but TEC’s notice (PDF) states that the unauthorized party stole files two weeks later, between June 21 and 25, 2024. “TEC detected unauthorized access…