TX Conduit Maker, Cantex, Hit in Attack
Fort Worth, Texas-based Cantex, Inc., a maker of nonmetallic electrical conduit, suffered a cyberattack where personally identifiable information ended up stolen in the hack.
The breach ended up reported to the Texas Attorney General on Aug. 21, with 1,568 Texas residents identified as affected. Because Cantex’s headquarters is in Texas and this figure represents only the state-mandated Texas-resident count, the true nationwide scope of the incident could be higher if the exposed systems also stored information belonging to employees, vendors, or customers located outside the state.
Stolen in the hack were individuals’ names, home addresses, Social Security numbers, financial account information, and health insurance information. Not only were customers hit in the attack, so too were employees.