The mailer offers payment to enroll with SmartEnergy and is addressed to 'Illuminating Company customer' while actually requiring a switch in energy supplier.

Republished on February 7 with news of further attacks this week and reports into the involvement by Chinese cybercriminals targeting Americans.

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