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Ransomware Group Redact hits: Eversource Energy. HookPhish team Target organization Eversource Energy eversource.com Energy & Utilities Summary. In the latest cybersecurity news, Eversource Energy - an organization based in US - has fallen victim to a ransomware attack conducted by the group Redact. This data breach, discovered on Oct 12, 2026, 03:23 UTC, underscores the increasing need for proactive cybersecurity defenses as HookPhish continue through 2026. Incident report. | Target Organization | Eversource Energy | | Threat Group | Redact | | Summary | Sector: Energy Distribution | Revenue: $14B USD | | Date of Breach | Oct 12, 2026, 03:22 UTC | | Discovery Date | Oct 12, 2026, 03:23 UTC | | Region | US | | Target Domain | eversource.com | | Business Sector | Energy & Utilities | How to reduce your ransomware risk. Most ransomware intrusions start with a stolen password or a phishing email. A few proactive steps sharply cut your exposure: * train staff to spot attacks - close the gap attackers exploit. * monitor the dark web for leaked logins - close the gap attackers exploit. Disclaimer. HookPhish does not engage in the exfiltration, downloading, taking, hosting, viewing, reposting, or disclosure of any stolen information. All breach data reported here is sourced from publicly available threat intelligence feeds for awareness purposes only.

Eversource and Dartmouth Engineering selected for U.S. Department of Energy SPARK Award to expand grid capacity and deliver customer benefits through grid-enhancing technology. Selection for award negotiations marks important step forward for initiative that will help increase transmission capacity, improve reliability and reduce customer costs by maximizing existing infrastructure. MANCHESTER, N.H., Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Eversource and Dartmouth Engineering have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) under its Speed to Power (SPARK) program for an innovative initiative designed to improve reliability and keep costs as low as possible for customers. Referred to as the Dynamic Rating Enhancement Advancements and Modernization (DREAM) initiative, the collaboration between Eversource and Dartmouth Engineering will leverage grid-enhancing technologies to increase the capacity of the existing electric grid, enhance system resiliency, and help lower costs for customers. As developed by Eversource and Professor Junbo Zhao's team at Dartmouth, the DREAM initiative combines leading-edge research with utility expertise to advance practical solutions for the electric grid. By deploying dynamic line rating (DLR) technology across approximately 4,000 miles of Eversource's transmission network in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the initiative will provide operators with enhanced real-time visibility into system conditions and enable more efficient use of existing infrastructure. It will also leverage thermal field sensing to provide on-the-ground measurements of actual conditions, advanced weather forecasting, digital analytical models and operational integration that supports the decision-making process for remote system operators - ultimately providing more real-time data that reflects actual operating conditions in order to maximize use of the existing transmission system. Inside Eversource's System Operations Center "We greatly appreciate the Department of Energy's investment in innovative solutions that can strengthen the New England electric grid and deliver significant reliability and affordability benefits to our customers," said Bill Quinlan, President of Transmission at Eversource. "As demand for electricity continues to grow, the DREAM initiative will help us maximize the capability of our existing transmission system - which importantly will also help keep costs as low as possible for customers. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with DOE and Dartmouth Engineering to demonstrate how advanced, state-of-the-art grid technologies can help meet the region's evolving energy needs with an ever-present focus on affordability for our customers." "Existing transmission lines can often carry more electricity than conventional ratings allow, but operators need reliable information about when that capacity is available and how to use it safely," said Junbo Zhao, Todd M. Cook and Elizabeth Donohoe Cook Associate Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth. "DREAM brings together sensing, forecasting and digital twin analytics to turn that opportunity into practical tools for grid operations. Our partnership with Eversource offers an opportunity to move research into practice across an entire transmission network, helping deliver a more reliable and affordable electric grid for communities throughout New England." "New England's geography, climate, and growing energy demand make reliable power delivery especially challenging. By pairing Dartmouth's advanced modeling with Eversource's operational knowledge, we can get more out of existing transmission lines and improve energy security for our region. This is a perfect example of how innovation moves from our labs to real-world impact," said Douglas Van Citters, Dean and Professor, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth. By maximizing the capability of its existing transmission system, Eversource anticipates that - under specific conditions - the project could unlock additional transfer capability that may mitigate or delay the need to construct certain new transmission facilities. Such an approach is estimated to cost significantly less than what would be required to build equivalent new transmission infrastructure while also reducing congestion costs on constrained transmission corridors and creating additional value for customers. The partnership will continue as Eversource and Dartmouth Engineering will work with DOE through the award negotiation process to further develop and demonstrate how dynamic line rating technology can increase transmission capacity, strengthen reliability and support evolving energy demands across the region with an emphasis on affordability for customers. Pending successful negotiations and execution of a final award agreement, the award could represent approximately $47.7 million in funding for the initiative, which would be expected to begin in 2027. Eversource's DREAM initiative was one of 31 projects selected across 26 states. About Eversource Eversource (NYSE: ES), celebrated as a national leader for its commitment to sustainability and corporate citizenship, is named among America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek for 2026 and recognized as the #1 utility on USA Today's list of America's Climate Leaders for 2025. Eversource is New Hampshire's largest electric utility, serving nearly 549,000 homes and businesses in 206 cities and towns. Eversource is proud to be recognized as the #1 contributor to United Way in New Hampshire. Eversource harnesses the commitment of more than 10,300 employees across three states to build a single, united company around the mission of safely delivering reliable energy with superior customer service. The #1 Energy Efficiency Provider in the Nation, the company is empowering a clean energy future in the Northeast, with nationally recognized energy efficiency solutions and successful programs to integrate new clean energy resources like a first-in-the-nation networked geothermal pilot project, solar, offshore wind, electric vehicles and battery storage, into the electric system. For more information, please visit eversource.com, and follow Sino American Oil Company on X, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. About Dartmouth Engineering Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering prepares engineering leaders to address society's most pressing challenges through education, research and innovation centered on human needs. With an academic structure that encourages collaboration across disciplines, the school combines engineering expertise with Dartmouth's liberal arts tradition and a commitment to practical impact. Its undergraduate and graduate programs emphasize hands-on learning, design and entrepreneurship, while faculty and students advance research across energy, health, computing, materials and other fields. Through partnerships with industry, government and communities, Dartmouth Engineering translates discoveries into solutions that improve lives. For more information, visit engineering.dartmouth.edu.

GOP bets on energy policy to power November turnout. Republicans are betting that policies promoting more energy production and lower energy prices can help turn out their voters in November, even as Democrats blame President Donald Trump's war with Iran for rising fuel costs. The debate has particular resonance in New Hampshire, where Republicans argue that expanding natural gas pipeline capacity is essential to lowering the region's high utility bills. At Monday's 2026 New Hampshire Energy Summit, Parker Littlehale, Eversource's wholesale power supply manager, pointed to New England's limited pipeline capacity and reliance on more expensive imported liquefied natural gas, or LNG. "We don't have enough natural gas pipelines to get enough gas here to heat the homes and businesses and run the power plants," Littlehale said. "The region relies on global LNG to balance demand and supply and unlike domestic natural gas prices, global LNG prices are much higher." While Democrats have opposed expanding fossil-fuel infrastructure, Republicans like NH-01 candidate Anthony DiLorenzo have embraced an "all of the above" energy policy to save residents money and promote economic investment in the state. "If we want lower energy costs, we need pipelines," DiLorenzo said. The same message dominated energy discussions at the Republican Midterm Convention earlier this month in Dallas, where speakers promoted expanded production and attacked Democrats' climate policies. "Our predecessors killed the American Dream with trillions of dollars in waste and green energy scams, the greatest scams in American history, green energy," Trump told the convention. "With the help of our great energy workers here in Texas, our country is producing more oil and gas today than ever before." Democrats counter that energy costs have soared since Trump began the war with Iran in February, with diesel prices above $6 a gallon. "The cost of diesel just hit a record high, the price of regular gas is up nearly 50 percent since the war began," Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor. "If Trump continues his current course in Iran, I can promise you this as well: the costs will just keep piling up." Republicans argue the war's effects are temporary, while Democrats' policies would restrict domestic energy production for years. The Trump administration recently ended a Biden-era requirement for fossil fuel power plants to curb carbon emissions by 2039 or shut down. The White House says the move will generate $310 billion in energy cost savings across the economy. "American energy was under attack," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told the convention. But now, "we've unleashed American energy." Industry advocates urged Republicans to make that contrast central to their campaigns. "Republicans have an opportunity this November to make the contrast clear: unleash American energy, cut costly regulations, and dismantle the Green New Deal policies that raise the cost of electricity, transportation, food, and nearly everything Americans buy," said Jason Isaac of the American Energy Institute. Republicans also see an opening in state races. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, who chairs the Republican Attorneys General Association, highlighted a court ruling blocking New York's Climate Superfund Act, which would require fossil fuel companies to help pay for climate adaptation projects. "Today, your Republican attorneys general are making sure that California and New York don't get to set policy for the rest of the country," Knudsen said. But some activists at the convention told InsideSources that Republicans have not effectively communicated their efforts to lower costs. Stephanie Olson, a GOP activist from Bristol, said Trump's economic record should appeal to voters, but "there are still questions that remain in people's heads when they go buy daily life expenses." Jennifer LePlay of Sandwich urged Republicans to emphasize their work in GOP-controlled legislatures, including New Hampshire's. "The federal government is too big, and a lot of those policies don't necessarily interject in our daily life as much as the state level policies," LePlay told NHJournal. New Hampshire GOP activist Al Letizio Jr. said Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Sununu and DiLorenzo have got the energy issue right. "I've heard John Sununu and Anthony DiLorenzo talk about bringing down energy costs," Letizio said. "There's a concern about supply and demand, and when you start bringing in pipelines, natural gas, or electricity, you'll get some groups opposing that and, as a result, a lower supply." Democrats, on the other hand, "want to lower energy prices but don't want pipelines or power lines." Leonard Robinson writes about politics and finance for InsideSources. More by Leonard Robinson