MalwareEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesRansomwareRoyalData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedEmployee Data InvolvedData PublishedPIIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

AAA Energy Service Co.

bd_b55606c821a4e3a0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 28, 2023

Filed

May 8, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

41state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for AAA Energy Service Co. →

AAA Energy Service Co. experienced a ransomware attack on February 28, 2023, involving Royal Ransomware. The attacker encrypted systems, demanded a ransom, and subsequently published stolen PII (including SSNs) of approximately 41 New Hampshire residents (employees and payees) on a dark web site. The company did not pay the ransom, engaged forensic consultants, rebuilt systems, and notified the FBI and state AGs. Identity theft monitoring reimbursement was offered.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 69 days

Feb 28, 2023

Begins

Feb 28, 2023

Discovered

May 8, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteblacksuitbd_c7addb42612062e82023-03-17 · +52dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_c5cdb32c0d5727e32023-05-06 · +2dCandidate

Name: AAA Energy Service Co.
norm: aaa energy service
Domain: aaaenergy.com

Name: AAA Energy Service Co.
norm: aaa energy service
Domain: aaaenergy.com
Industry: Energy & Utilitiesllm

Discovered: Feb 28, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 28, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 8, 2023
Affected individuals: 41state-resident count only
Data types: PIIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Employment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the Attorney General of the State of MaineNotified the Attorney General of the State of New Hampshire
Third party: via third party data services provider

During the incident: Shut down system and rebuilt with advice of forensic consultants
Engaged computer forensic services
Notified the FBI
Notified the Attorney General of the State of Maine
Notified the Attorney General of the State of New Hampshire
Offered reimbursement for reasonable identity theft monitoring services for three months
Implemented additional security measures in connection with computer system
Changes made: Rebuilt system and substantially restored
Implemented additional security measures
Considering additional measures and policies to strengthen system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGMay 6 · first

New Hampshire State AG+2d · this page

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/aaa-energy-service-20230508.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 8, 2023
Raw hash: 7f690c4d7425df1e11a778a0951f0886c8fb664a343d205bbe1ade6b55a59d55

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAAA Energy Service Co.

Victim entityAAA Energy Service Co.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 28, 2023

Stated responseShut down system and rebuilt with advice of forensic consultants

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov