Clustered 4 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filing window Dec 2, 2020 → Jan 21, 2021. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_188d1c0cb6904cc9 · merge_method deterministic · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
CA ME MT
Time between earliest and latest filing
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Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
all State AG
per-filing reported counts
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Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Nov 3, 2020
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Nov 3, 2020
Reported by MAINE AG, CALIFORNIA AG filings
Direct Energy LP reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2020-12-02. The breach occurred on 11/3/2020. 84 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 84
About this clustering
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An external system breach at Direct Energy LP and its affiliates on November 3, 2020, led to the compromise of financial account and/or credit/debit card numbers. The breach affected 12 Maine residents, who were notified and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity repair services through Experian.
Affected (this filing): 12
Direct Energy LP, including its affiliates First Choice Power, LLC and Home Warranty of America, Inc., reported a data breach affecting 12 Maine residents. The breach, discovered on November 3, 2020, was an external system hack that compromised financial account or card numbers along with their access codes. The company notified affected individuals starting December 2, 2020, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring services through Experian.
Affected (this filing): 12
Direct Energy LP notified customers of a ransomware attack on a third-party data analytics vendor on November 3, 2020. Unauthorized parties accessed and extracted client files containing customer information, potentially including bank account numbers, credit card data, Social Security numbers, and credentials. The vendor did not pay the ransom. Direct Energy suspended activity with the vendor, notified law enforcement and card networks, and offered two years of identity monitoring.