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Info accessed, not taken in utility cyberattack
Feb 21, 2013 12:30 am
The Daily Freeman is reporting more than a third of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.’s customers may have had their bank account information accessed in a cyberattack last weekend, the utility said in a statement released, Wed., Feb. 20. Central Hudson President James P. Laurito said the security breach potentially affected “approximately 110,000 customers.” There is no evidence any personal information was downloaded or misused as a result of the cyberattack, the company said; however, the investigation remains open. Central Hudson said its employees uncovered the cyberattack as part of “successful control procedures.” Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.