DMEA - Delta-Montrose Electric Association

Delta-Montrose Electric Association in Colorado was hit by a malicious cyber attack in December 2021.

The attack resulted in shutting down 90% of its internal controls and wiped 25 years of historical data.

It targeted its internal systems, support systems, payment processing tools, billing platforms, and other customer-facing tools and disrupted operations in specific parts of the corporate network.

Source: https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/colorado-energy-company-suffered-a-cyber-attack-destroying-25-years-of-data-and-shut-down-internal-controls/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/delta-montrose-electric-association

"id": "dme205928322",
"linkid": "delta-montrose-electric-association",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "11/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

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                        'location': 'Colorado',
                        'name': 'Delta-Montrose Electric Association',
                        'type': 'Electric Utility'}],
 'date_detected': 'December 2021',
 'description': 'Delta-Montrose Electric Association in Colorado was hit by a '
                'malicious cyber attack in December 2021. The attack resulted '
                'in shutting down 90% of its internal controls and wiped 25 '
                'years of historical data. It targeted its internal systems, '
                'support systems, payment processing tools, billing platforms, '
                'and other customer-facing tools and disrupted operations in '
                'specific parts of the corporate network.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['25 years of historical data'],
            'downtime': '90% of internal controls shut down',
            'operational_impact': 'Disrupted operations in specific parts of '
                                  'the corporate network',
            'systems_affected': ['internal systems',
                                 'support systems',
                                 'payment processing tools',
                                 'billing platforms',
                                 'other customer-facing tools']},
 'title': 'Delta-Montrose Electric Association Cyber Attack',
 'type': 'Cyber Attack'}