HackingEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Rural Energy Enterprises, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 29, 2025

Filed

Sep 16, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Rural Energy Enterprises, Inc. →

Rural Energy Enterprises, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data security incident discovered on July 29, 2025. Unauthorized access to files containing names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers occurred. No evidence of misuse was found. The company engaged cybersecurity experts and offered 12 months of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Jul 29, 2025

Discovered

Sep 16, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed7 affectedView incident

Name: Rural Energy Enterprises, Inc.
norm: rural energy

Name: Rural Energy Enterprises, Inc.
norm: rural energy
Industry: Energy & Utilitiesllm

Discovered: Jul 29, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 18, 2025
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with the process
Undertook a comprehensive review of those files
Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Offering complimentary identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Consumer-notification-letter-44.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 16, 2025
Raw hash: f7f1f413c3dc080d9675e20739ad8009718867c3813284db0eb3d784296686a4

Reporting entityRural Energy Enterprises, Inc.

Victim entityRural Energy Enterprises, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 29, 2025

Stated responseEngaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with the process

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov