secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC (CNP)
CIK:        0001130310
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-14T21:15:58+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-107560
Event type: cyber
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CenterPoint Energy discloses cyber incident exposing customer personal info
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- In September 2026, a third-party claimed to have obtained a data set with some of the Company's customer information.
- Unauthorized party accessed personal info of a portion of customers through an external facing system; investigation ongoing.
- Electric and gas service deliveries remain operational and undisrupted by the Incident.
- Company expects no material impact on financial condition or results of operations; costs partially offset by cyber insurance.
- Notifying affected customers and regulators; reported matter to law enforcement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000110465926107560/0001104659-26-107560-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48732/000110465926107560/tm2625326d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-107560

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