HackingEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

People's Electric Cooperative

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 8, 2025

Filed

May 28, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for People's Electric Cooperative →

Peoples Electric Cooperative (PEC) notified Nebraska residents of a data security incident occurring on May 8, 2025. Unauthorized parties acquired certain files containing personal information, including names and Social Security numbers. PEC engaged cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and rebuilt affected systems. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Cyberscout/TransUnion. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

May 8, 2025

Begins

May 8, 2025

Discovered

May 28, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: People's Electric Cooperative
norm: people s electric cooperative
Domain: peopleselectric.coop

Name: People's Electric Cooperative
norm: people s electric cooperative
Domain: peopleselectric.coop
Industry: Energy & Utilitiesllm

Discovered: May 8, 2025
Breach occurred: May 8, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 28, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Notified law enforcement
Wiped and rebuilt affected systems
Taken steps to bolster our network security
Changes made: Continually reviewing and revising technical safeguards
Making enhancements to prevent a similar incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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.

Source URL: https://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/9a1ebe79-f900-41a3-afe1-06733b869c01.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 28, 2025
Raw hash: 4b3576bd63e37589b97f33fcd363836e250a757e9825f31f35d163f14a245879

Reporting entityPeople's Electric Cooperative

Victim entityPeople's Electric Cooperative

Incidentdiscovered May 8, 2025

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov