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Guardian Energy Management Solutions

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 28, 2021

Filed

Jun 28, 2021

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2232 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Guardian Energy Management Solutions →2 incidents on file

Guardian Energy Management Solutions experienced an external system breach (hacking) between June 22, 2020, and February 8, 2021. The incident affected 223 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The attacker acquired names and Social Security Numbers. Guardian Energy notified affected individuals on June 28, 2021, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 28, 2021 → Filed with AG Jun 28, 202131d ⏱ ME AG >30d4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 340 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Jun 22, 2020

Begins

May 28, 2021

Discovered

Jun 28, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_7395e1ce52fa049d2021-06-28Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_284439047a98d6ac2021-07-06 · +8dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Guardian Energy Management Solutions
norm: guardian energy management
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: May 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 22, 2020 – Feb 8, 2021
Undetected for: 340 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 28, 2021
Affected individuals: 223state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered complementary credit monitoring services for 12 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 31d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 28, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Jun 28, 2021
31d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 28, 2021 → Filed with AG: Jun 28, 2021	31d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGJun 28 · first

Maine State AGJun 28 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Jun 28 (ME), last Jul 6 (NH) — a 8-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/24ba72e7-ecee-4686-941e-208dda45a156.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 28, 2021
Raw hash: 7e6dbb6d678af7ff5275f642e318c6a6b9fb6d258caf8ef302d86416ced3a2ec

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityGuardian Energy Management Solutions

Incidentdiscovered May 28, 2021

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov