MalwareEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesRansomwareData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIMediumContained

NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

bd_0308957333cc6e30 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 28, 2020

Filed

Sep 23, 2020

To disclose

26 days

Affected · nationwide

54,5244 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION →

National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation reported a ransomware attack targeting a third-party vendor between July 28 and 30, 2020. The breach was discovered on August 28, 2020. The incident affected a total of 54,524 individuals, including 4 Maine residents. The organization provided one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 28, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 23, 202026d ✓ ME AG ≤30d26 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 31 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Jul 28, 2020

Begins

Aug 28, 2020

Discovered

Sep 23, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9abaedbea7affd092020-09-23Verified
Montana State AGbd_d3628fdc675478ae2020-09-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3c16c2a72bc88e372020-09-28 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_73b90c3e47e417552020-09-18 · +5dCandidate

Name: NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION
norm: national fuel gas distribution

Name: NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION
norm: national fuel gas distribution
Industry: Energy & Utilitiesllm

Discovered: Aug 28, 2020
Breach occurred: Jul 28, 2020 – Jul 30, 2020
Undetected for: 31 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 23, 2020
Affected individuals: 54,524state + nationwide
Data types: PII
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 26d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 28, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Sep 23, 2020
26d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 28, 2020 → Filed with AG: Sep 23, 2020	26d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGSep 18 · first

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Montana State AG+5d

Maine State AG+5d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Sep 18 (ME), last Sep 28 (NH) — a 10-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/00d81241-417a-4626-a607-65131563a970.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 23, 2020
Raw hash: da21a65dae5015553d7bb542aace8d5636d533440aff71b766e3639d8b94c953

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

Victim entityNATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Aug 28, 2020

Stated responseOffered one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov