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CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Sep 9, 2026

Filed

Oct 13, 2026

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,611,6251,062,060 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. →

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. based in Houston, Texas, a business – retail or merchant entity reported a data breach to the Texas Attorney General. The breach was discovered on 2026-09-09 and reported on 2026-10-13. 1,062,060 Texas residents were affected. 1,611,625 individuals affected in total. Types of information involved: Name of individual;Address;Social Security Number Information;Driver’s License number.

Texas clock✓ TX CRA notice due5 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤ 5 weeks / 34 days

Sep 9, 2026

Discovered

Oct 13, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings

View merged incident ↗
SEC 8-KSep 14 · first
Texas State AG+28d · this page
Texas State AG+43d

Pattern: first filing Sep 14, last Oct 28 (TX) — a 43-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.