HackingEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 28, 2020

Filed

Sep 18, 2020

To disclose

21 days

Affected · nationwide

1443 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION →

National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on July 28, 2020, discovered on August 28, 2020. The incident affected 144 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. Acquired data included names and Social Security Numbers. The company provided written notification and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 28, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 18, 202021d ✓ ME AG ≤30d21 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 · 21 days

Jul 28, 2020

Begins

Aug 28, 2020

Discovered

Sep 18, 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

Maine State AGbd_0308957333cc6e302020-09-23 · +5dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_9abaedbea7affd092020-09-23 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_d3628fdc675478ae2020-09-23 · +5dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3c16c2a72bc88e372020-09-28 · +10dVerified

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
Undetected for: 31 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 22, 2020
Affected individuals: 144state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 21d
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 18, 2020
21d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 28, 2020 → Filed with AG: Sep 18, 2020	21d	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 · this page

Maine State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Montana State AG+5d

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/c47f0a49-a7cb-47c2-bd30-ea3e8c635d00.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2020
Raw hash: 8fe483534957be3ed28d4ff0ed15027c533d4be39a9f33d5e8433881ade8bb74

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 responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov