Social EngineeringOtherPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

GMES Electric Supply, Inc.

bd_635e48a3916d5e75 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 28, 2022

Filed

Jul 26, 2022

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for GMES Electric Supply, Inc. →

GMES Electric Supply, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General that an unauthorized individual accessed two employee email accounts between Jan 25-30, 2022. The company discovered the incident on Jan 28, 2022. Personal information of 2 NH residents was potentially exposed. GMES engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, implemented MFA, and offered 1-year credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 179 days

Jan 25, 2022

Begins

Jan 28, 2022

Discovered

Jul 26, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: GMES Electric Supply, Inc.
norm: gmes electric supply

Name: GMES Electric Supply, Inc.
norm: gmes electric supply
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jan 28, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 25, 2022 – Jan 30, 2022
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 22, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted forensic investigation
Performed manual document review
Secured services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Reset passwords
Implemented multi-factor authentication
Worked with external cybersecurity firm to harden network security
Changes made: Reset passwords
Implemented multi-factor authentication
Worked with external cybersecurity firm to further harden network security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(179 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/gmes-electric-supply-20220726.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 26, 2022
Raw hash: f08adf0c499a5f8e17cb2fc5f18150733416b42d31dda7ab561f2d996a25affc

Reporting entityGMES Electric Supply, Inc.

Victim entityGMES Electric Supply, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 28, 2022

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov