Southern Company says an unauthorized third party accessed limited account information for about 400,000 customers through its online customer portal. The exposed data may include names, contact details, and the last four digits of Social Security numbers, and affected customers are being offered free credit monitoring. #SouthernCompany #GeorgiaPower #AlabamaPower #MississippiPower
Keypoints
- Southern Company notified about 400,000 customers of unauthorized portal access.
- Georgia Power accounts make up roughly 300,000 of the impacted records.
- About 100,000 Alabama Power accounts were also affected.
- Exposed information may include names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and the last four digits of Social Security numbers.
- The company says payment data and driver’s license numbers were not accessed and is offering one year of free credit monitoring.
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