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HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

Knych & Whritenour, LLC

bd_58b68f5af7fd5f3e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 28, 2020

Filed

Jul 16, 2021

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected · nationwide

68859 in this filing

Confidence

63%
Full breach record for Knych & Whritenour, LLC →3 incidents on file

On December 28, 2020, the law firm Knych & Whritenour, LLC discovered an external system breach that had occurred between December 4 and December 8, 2020. The breach affected 688 individuals, compromising names and driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. The firm began notifying affected individuals on February 12, 2021, and offered one year of free credit monitoring services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 28, 2020 → Filed with AG Jul 16, 2021200d ✗ ME AG >90d29 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days
discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 200 days

Dec 4, 2020

Begins

Dec 28, 2020

Discovered

Jul 16, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed688 affectedView incident

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.