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HackingEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

SM ENERGY COMPANY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Jul 31, 2026

To disclose

Affected

71state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for SM ENERGY COMPANY

SM Energy Company experienced a cybersecurity incident on or around May 15, 2026, involving unauthorized access to company systems. An unauthorized third party accessed systems and obtained files containing personal information, including names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security Numbers/Taxpayer Identification Numbers. The company blocked access, launched an investigation, and reported the incident to law enforcement. Affected individuals are offered two years of complimentary identity protection and credit monitoring through Experian.

Incident timeline

May 15, 2026

Begins

Jul 31, 2026

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

Show 1 more filingup to 6d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Oregon State AGJul 30 · first
California State AGJul 30 · first
Massachusetts State AG+1d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 30 (OR), last Aug 6 (NH) — a 7-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.