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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Other Commercial
- Entity Name: National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
- Street Address: 409 Main St.
- City: Buffalo
- State, or Country if outside the US: New York
- Zip Code: 14203
Submitted By
- Name: Will Daugherty
- Title: Partner
- Firm name (if different than entity): Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Telephone Number: 7136515684
- Email Address: will.daugherty@nortonrosefulbright.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Counsel
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 54,524
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 4
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 07/28/2020 - 07/30/2020
- Date Breach Discovered: 08/28/2020
- Description of the Breach:
- Other
- If other, please specify: Our third party vendor was the target of a ransomware attack.
- Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with:
Notification and Protection Services
- Type of Notification: Written
- Date(s) of consumer notification: 09/23/2020
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: SAMPLE - One Year.pdf
- Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications: None
- Were identity theft protection services offered: Yes
- If yes, please provide the duration, the provider of the service and a brief description of the service: We are offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.