HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

L. KNIFE & SON, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 1, 2022

Filed

Dec 23, 2022

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for L. KNIFE & SON, LLC →2 incidents on file

L. Knife & Son reported a data security incident where an unauthorized actor accessed files between Oct 13-19, 2022. The incident was discovered on Nov 1, 2022. Affected data included names and government IDs. The company notified law enforcement, secured its network, and offered two years of Experian IdentityWorks monitoring to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

Oct 13, 2022

Begins

Nov 1, 2022

Discovered

Dec 8, 2022

Scope determined

Dec 23, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_147257e5513864692022-12-30 · +7dVerified
HHS OCRbd_4e0d4cc6530c00ed2022-12-30 · +7dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_61bdcc78cac6fa722022-12-30 · +7dVerified
Maine State AGbd_61cb93a578d2cdba2022-12-30 · +7dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_9dc5429196b125b52022-12-30 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_b2d78534115a48ce2023-01-30 · +38dVerified

Name: L. KNIFE & SON, LLC
norm: l knife son

Name: L. KNIFE & SON, LLC
norm: l knife son
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 13, 2022 – Oct 19, 2022
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Dec 8, 2022
Notification sent: Dec 23, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation
Implemented measures to help secure our network
Notified law enforcement
Offering a complimentary, two-year membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance the security of our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGDec 23 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

HHS OCR+7d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Maine State AG+7d

Indiana State AG+7d

Montana State AG+38d

Pattern: first filing Dec 23 (VT), last Jan 30 (MT) — a 38-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2022-12-23-l-knife-son-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2022
Raw hash: 63bfcd926cee94beb5a0b1a828ad1df009911077129e79def5c2c6d928d66d63

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityL. KNIFE & SON, LLC

Victim entityL. KNIFE & SON, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 1, 2022

Stated responseInitiated an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov