HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Knox Ricksen LLP

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 12, 2023

Filed

Jan 2, 2024

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Knox Ricksen LLP →

Knox Ricksen LLP, a law firm providing services to Allstate, experienced unauthorized access to its network between October 5 and October 12, 2023. The incident involved medical records submitted by claimants, including names, treatment/diagnosis information, and health insurance data. The firm engaged third-party investigators, changed passwords, implemented additional security measures, and notified law enforcement. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection.

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California clockDiscovered Oct 12, 2023 → Notified Dec 29, 202378d ✗ CA 60-day late12 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Oct 5, 2023

Begins

Oct 12, 2023

Discovered

Jan 2, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Knox Ricksen LLP
norm: knox ricksen

Name: Knox Ricksen LLP
norm: knox ricksen
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 12, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 5, 2023 – Oct 12, 2023
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 29, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Engaged third-party specialists to conduct an investigation into the cause and scope of the disruption
Changed passwords
Implemented additional network security measures recommended by experts
Notified law enforcement
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional network security measures recommended by experts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(82 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 78d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Oct 12, 2023
→ Notified: Dec 29, 2023
78d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Oct 12, 2023 → Notified: Dec 29, 2023	78d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-578668
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 2, 2024
Raw hash: 67d6c41edd8217d2f0f2a747f91d8d2e9e98281010c8fd22814e52a13b264709

Reporting entityKnox Ricksen LLP

Victim entityKnox Ricksen LLP

Incidentdiscovered Oct 12, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party specialists to conduct an investigation into the cause and scope of the disruption

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov