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Social EngineeringEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

EVERSOURCE ENERGY

bd_160d257e6f33cfda · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

May 21, 2026

To disclose

Affected

284state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for EVERSOURCE ENERGY2 incidents on file

Eversource Energy notified customers of a data security incident in April 2026. A cybercriminal phishing campaign resulted in the unauthorized use of two employees' credentials to access files containing customer information, including names, addresses, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account numbers. Eversource blocked the attacker's activities, engaged external experts, and reported the incident to federal law enforcement. Affected individuals are offered 24 months of identity protection services.

Incident timeline

Apr 1, 2026

Begins

May 21, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGMay 21 · first
Vermont State AGMay 21 · first
New Hampshire State AGMay 21 · first
Massachusetts State AGMay 21 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing May 21 (ME), last May 27 (IN) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.