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MASSACHUSETTSMalwareHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

L. KNIFE & SON, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Dec 30, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

4,082

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for L. KNIFE & SON, LLC →2 incidents on file

L. Knife & Son, Inc. Employee Benefits Plan (MA) reported to HHS on 2022-12-30 a ransomware attack affecting 4,082 individuals. PHI compromised included names, addresses, birthdates, and Social Security numbers stored on a network server. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards in response.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified
⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Dec 30, 2022

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 31d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGDec 23 · first
Massachusetts State AG+7d
New Hampshire State AG+7d
Maine State AG+7d
Indiana State AG+7d
HHS OCR+7d · this page
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.