MalwareEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

JMA Energy

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 6, 2021

Filed

Feb 28, 2022

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for JMA Energy →2 incidents on file

JMA Energy notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware attack discovered on December 6, 2021. The incident affected 5 New Hampshire residents, exposing names, addresses, SSNs, tax IDs, and banking information. JMA engaged forensic experts, contained the breach, and mailed notifications on February 23, 2022.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Dec 6, 2021

Discovered

Feb 28, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0114e4a47df6275c2022-02-23 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c1a7d1a2968545852022-02-23 · +5dVerified
California State AGbd_4bd7f0643ced3a222022-02-22 · +6dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_3c543c100bde63f52022-02-20 · +8dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_4bdefdbf39bb8b932022-02-20 · +8dVerified

Name: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP
norm: whiteford taylor preston
Domain: whitefordlaw.com

Name: JMA Energy
norm: jma energy
Domain: jmaenergy.com
Industry: Energy & Utilitiesllm

Discovered: Dec 6, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney GeneralProvided notice to three national credit reporting agenciesProvided notice to applicable government regulators, officials, and other Attorneys General

During the incident: Hired third-party forensic experts to conduct a thorough investigation and assist in the remediation efforts
Began a comprehensive search of the data to determine what information was involved
Mailed a written notification to the potentially affected New Hampshire residents
Provided guidance on ways to protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies
Provided the notice to the three national credit reporting agencies
Engaged independent third-party forensic and incident response experts
Secured systems and operations
Actively monitoring our network to safeguard it from further attack
Engaged an outside forensic cybersecurity firm to ensure that the malware at issue has been removed
Changes made: Working to implement any necessary additional safeguards
Enhance and improve its policies and procedures related to data protection
Improve its cybersecurity infrastructure
Further train its employees on best practices to minimize the likelihood of this type of incident occurring again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGFeb 20 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 20 · first

California State AG+2d

Montana State AG+3d

Indiana State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 20 (ME), last Feb 28 (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/jma-energy-20220228.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2022
Raw hash: 9ae439468267b5b6bbb17dac9a3ce653afe8eb6e9a1dc3bd50c00dd1883ebdc8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWhiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP

Victim entityJMA Energy

Incidentdiscovered Dec 6, 2021

Stated responseHired third-party forensic experts to conduct a thorough investigation and assist in the remediation efforts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov