Electric Ireland has said that an employee of a company working on its behalf may have inappropriately accessed customer accounts leading to the potential misuse of personal and financial information.
Electric Ireland said its investigations have established that around 8,000 customer accounts may have been compromised.
"Customers who have not received a letter from Electric Ireland do not need to take any action," the company said in a statement. "Customers affected by this issue, who may have experienced any fraudulent activity on their financial accounts in relation to data they gave to Electric Ireland, have been asked to contact the company directly.
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