MalwareEnergy & UtilitiesTechnologyUtilitiesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

DiVal Safety Equipment Inc.

bd_d3628fdc675478ae · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 28, 2020

Filed

Sep 23, 2020

To disclose

26 days

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack on third-party provider DiVal Safety Equipment Inc. occurring July 28-30, 2020. The attack encrypted data and potentially exfiltrated customer PII (name, address, phone, account number, SSN). DiVal engaged forensic investigators and law enforcement. National Fuel offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 31 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Jul 28, 2020

Begins

Aug 28, 2020

Discovered

Sep 23, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0308957333cc6e302020-09-23Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_9abaedbea7affd092020-09-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3c16c2a72bc88e372020-09-28 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_73b90c3e47e417552020-09-18 · +5dCandidate

Name: NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION
norm: national fuel gas distribution

Name: DiVal Safety Equipment Inc.
norm: dival safety equipment
Industry: Energy & UtilitiesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Aug 28, 2020
Breach occurred: Jul 28, 2020 – Jul 30, 2020
Undetected for: 31 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 8, 2020
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: DiVal also worked with federal law enforcement
Third party: via DiVal Safety Equipment Inc.

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with assistance from a third-party cybersecurity firm
Worked with DiVal to determine whether any National Fuel customer data may have been involved
Conducted a thorough analysis to determine the scope of National Fuel customers’ personal information potentially contained on the affected DiVal system
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership in Experian ® IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: DiVal has implemented several security enhancements to further protect its systems, network, and data
National Fuel continues to work with DiVal to evaluate additional security measures to further protect National Fuel data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGSep 18 · first

Maine State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Montana State AG+5d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Sep 18 (ME), last Sep 28 (NH) — a 10-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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/natSample.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 23, 2020
Raw hash: 393cee51c87f8e68042e58ccb8148ab9f1b7cc8fc744e7c12df0ac191d9fc2f3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

Victim entityDiVal Safety Equipment Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 28, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with assistance from a third-party cybersecurity firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov