AccidentalEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

WPX ENERGY, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 27, 2012

Filed

Feb 24, 2012

To disclose

28 days

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for WPX ENERGY, INC. →2 incidents on file

WPX Energy, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident where Social Security Numbers were visible through the glassine window of envelopes containing 1099 tax forms mailed on January 27, 2012. Two individuals were affected. WPX offered credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

Jan 27, 2012

Begins

Jan 27, 2012

Discovered

Feb 24, 2012

Filed

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

Name: WPX ENERGY, INC.
norm: wpx energy

Name: WPX ENERGY, INC.
norm: wpx energy
Industry: Energy & Utilitiesllm

Discovered: Jan 27, 2012
Breach occurred: Jan 27, 2012
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 27, 2012
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Began an investigation
Notified the 2 impacted individuals
Explained the circumstances
Offered credit monitoring services at our expense through Experian
Provided information on how to activate that service
Changes made: Taken the necessary steps to ensure this won’t happen again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 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/wpx-energy-20120224.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2012
Raw hash: 9faad06d9f3f35809921c5453b79ef1efcb7c0509af711fda317d134ed2ce4ce

Reporting entityWPX ENERGY, INC.

Victim entityWPX ENERGY, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 27, 2012

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov