MalwareRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Lester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 4, 2021

Filed

Oct 7, 2021

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Lester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc. →

Lester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on May 4, 2021. An investigation determined that data was exfiltrated from their system during the attack. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged third-party IT and digital forensics firms to assist in the response. Notification was sent to the one affected Maine resident on September 15, 2021.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 4, 2021 → Filed with AG Oct 7, 2021156d ✗ ME AG >90d22 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 156 days

May 4, 2021

Begins

May 4, 2021

Discovered

Oct 7, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_09cbc707d6b859822021-10-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2b264dd87eac64a62021-10-08 · +1dVerified

Name: Lester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc.
norm: lester electrical of nebraska

Name: Lester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc.
norm: lester electrical of nebraska

Discovered: May 4, 2021
Breach occurred: May 4, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged with a third-party IT firm to assist with assessment and recovery efforts
Engaged with a third-party digital forensics firm
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(156 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 156dME resident >60d · 134d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 4, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Oct 7, 2021
156d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: May 4, 2021
→ Notified: Sep 15, 2021
134d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 4, 2021 → Filed with AG: Oct 7, 2021	156d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: May 4, 2021 → Notified: Sep 15, 2021	134d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGOct 7 · first

Maine State AGOct 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/f9eaa8a5-29db-4ddc-80b0-d1f5e834c09d.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 7, 2021
Raw hash: b8dfba5509ff4fa79c7e7ef436b3c878456604928bc965d4bd1d8fc98f327119

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc.

Victim entityLester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 4, 2021

Stated responseEngaged with a third-party IT firm to assist with assessment and recovery efforts

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov