Texas Gas Company Failed to Predict Data Leak, Ex-Employee Says

A cyberattack targeting a Texas gas company has made 56,000 people susceptible to identity theft, according to a federal class action lawsuit filed Tuesday alleging the company failed to timely notify the victims after the May 2023 breach.

The lawsuit against West Texas Gas, Inc. outlines no specific evidence of identity theft, but it says customers’ names, Social Security numbers, and Taxpayer Identification Numbers were accessed. The company serves more than 40 municipalities in Texas and Oklahoma, controlling 1,800 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines in those states and two others.

Hackers were able to access the information because the ...