HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsEmail MisuseTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Guardian Energy Management Solutions

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 28, 2021

Filed

Jul 6, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

24state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Guardian Energy Management Solutions →2 incidents on file

Guardian Energy Management Solutions notified the NH AG that unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred between June 2020 and Feb 2021. Discovered May 2021. Affected data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account numbers, and medical info. 24 NH residents and 16 RI residents affected. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 340 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Jun 22, 2020

Begins

May 28, 2021

Discovered

Jul 6, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_7395e1ce52fa049d2021-06-28 · +8dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_fbb92b4e138203e02021-06-28 · +8dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Guardian Energy Management Solutions
norm: guardian energy management
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 22, 2020 – Feb 8, 2021
Undetected for: 340 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 28, 2021
Affected individuals: 24state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Engaged outside cybersecurity professionals
Provided written notification to affected residents
Offered complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies practices to enhance security and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGJun 28 · first

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 28 (ME), last Jul 6 (NH) — a 8-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/guardian-energy-20210706.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 6, 2021
Raw hash: 7bf0f84edc34cbc81ddd44b8e704f4ad5e660ecba6f1b155fea3f649e2e644a1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityGuardian Energy Management Solutions

Incidentdiscovered May 28, 2021

Stated responseSecured the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov