On December 19, 2022, P2 Energy Solutions reported a data breach with the Office of the Maine Attorney General after learning that an unauthorized party was able to bypass the company’s data security system and access confidential consumer information. According to P2, the breach resulted in affected consumers’ names and Social Security numbers being compromised. Recently, P2 sent out data breach letters to all affected parties, informing them of the incident and what they can do to protect themselves from identity theft and other frauds.
If you’ve done business with P2 Energy Solutions and received a “Notice of Data Breach” from the company, your information was among that which was accessible to an unauthorized party. As we’ve discussed in prior posts, hackers routinely target consumers’ Social Security numbers because this information enables them to commit a wide range of frauds. Alternatively, hackers sometimes sell stolen Social Security numbers on the dark web to make a quick profit. In either case, criminals end up with your information, which they can use to commit identity theft and other frauds. Therefore, as a data breach victim, it is imperative that you understand what you can do to mitigate the risk of fraud and your right to pursue a claim for compensation against a company that leaks your personal information.
What We Know About the P2 Energy Solutions Data Breach
The available information regarding the P2 Energy Solutions breach comes from the company’s filing with the Maine Attorney General. According to this source, on November 17, 2022, P2 Energy Solutions detected suspicious activity within its computer systems. In response, the company took efforts to secure its network. Then, on December 16, 2022, P2 received information that an unauthorized party may have been responsible for the unusual activity.
In turn, P2 then launched an internal investigation to learn more about the incident and whether any consumer data in the company’s possession was compromised as a result. This investigation confirmed that an unauthorized party was able to access the company’s computer network between November 8, 2022 and November 17, 2022. Further, the investigation revealed that some of the files that were accessible to the unauthorized party contained sensitive information belonging to certain consumers.
Upon discovering that confidential consumer data was made available to an unauthorized party, P2 Energy Solutions began to review the affected files to determine what information was compromised and which consumers were impacted. While the breached information varies depending on the individual, it may include your name and Social Security number.
On December 19, 2022, P2 Energy Solutions sent out data breach letters to all individuals whose information was compromised as a result of the recent data security incident. According to the Maine Attorney General’s “Data Breach Notifications” page, the P2 Energy Solutions data breach affected 62,874 individuals across the county.
More Information About P2 Energy Solutions
Founded in 1999, P2 Energy Solutions is a software and business services company based in Denver, Colorado. The company develops software for use in the oil and gas industry and offers a variety of services to oil and gas companies, including providing geospatial data and financial accounting services. P2 Energy Solutions also handles application implementation, ERP systems integration, Tobin's Custom Mapping, application hosting, and outsourcing. P2 Energy Solutions employs more than 623 people and generates approximately $130 million in annual revenue.
