AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC

Coates Field Service, Inc., a right-of-way representative for American Electric Power, notified landowners in Montana of a data security incident. On February 18, 2019, an unauthorized individual accessed a Coates employee's email account. The incident may have exposed names and other personal information from easement transactions. Coates secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and offered one year of credit monitoring to affected individuals.