Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

POWER ENGINEERS, INCORPORATED

bd_2d2538aaddc51f9a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 25, 2020

Filed

Aug 4, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

65state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for POWER ENGINEERS, INCORPORATED →

POWER Engineers, Inc. notified Montana regulators of unauthorized access to email accounts between Dec 2010 and Mar 2020. Suspicious activity was detected in June 2020. Affected data included names and addresses. The company engaged forensic specialists and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3476 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Dec 19, 2010

Begins

Jun 25, 2020

Discovered

Aug 4, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4efbba8e7b53ce252020-08-04Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6cb29ecf1a7d0ee62020-08-04Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9103475f7bfe2e142020-08-10 · +6dVerified

Name: POWER ENGINEERS, INCORPORATED
norm: power engineers

Name: POWER ENGINEERS, INCORPORATED
norm: power engineers
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jun 25, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 19, 2010 – Mar 3, 2020
Undetected for: 3,476 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 65state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying certain state regulators of the incident as required by law
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Providing you with access to twenty-four (24) months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian at no cost to you
Changes made: Taking a close look at our data security processes and reviewing our high standards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 4 · first

Indiana State AGAug 4 · first

Montana State AGAug 4 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Aug 4 (MA), last Aug 10 (NH) — a 6-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/POWER-Engineers-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 4, 2020
Raw hash: 794c1aa007136a105f1f76f195388b30cb51be817d0a2f021c4d2005b0250e33

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPOWER ENGINEERS, INCORPORATED

Victim entityPOWER ENGINEERS, INCORPORATED

Incidentdiscovered Jun 25, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov