HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Lincare Holdings Inc.

bd_5b9e74ab50bbbb51 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 26, 2021

Filed

Jun 6, 2022

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Lincare Holdings Inc. →10 incidents on file

Lincare Holdings Inc. notified the California AG of a security incident where unauthorized access occurred between September 10 and September 29, 2021. The company identified unusual activity on September 26, 2021. Personal information, including names, was potentially involved. Lincare secured its network, reset passwords, engaged cybersecurity experts, and notified law enforcement. Affected individuals are offered one year of complimentary identity and credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 26, 2021 → Notified Apr 20, 2022206d ✗ CA 60-day late36 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 16 days

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 253 days

Sep 10, 2021

Begins

Sep 26, 2021

Discovered

Jun 6, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_133c1a54ff8a079f2022-06-06Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_4e8a25c23ca669ac2022-06-13 · +7dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_64bf8274edfe01532022-07-18 · +42dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_36323b1248fdb6862022-04-11 · +56dVerified by operator

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Washington State AGbd_c6e8a20ea78d5a7b2022-03-25 · +73dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_1079e435ec4eaf7e2022-02-23 · +103dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_673a7dd67c1f19fe2022-02-15 · +111dVerified
Montana State AGbd_54f6545e86d1e3972022-02-09 · +117dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_edf0dc8ceab245482023-01-09 · +217dVerified by operator

Name: Lincare Holdings Inc.
norm: lincare holdings
Domain: lincare.com

Name: Lincare Holdings Inc.
norm: lincare holdings
Domain: lincare.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 10, 2021 – Sep 29, 2021
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 20, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Took immediate action to secure its network
Launched an investigation
Working with outside cybersecurity experts to determine the source of the activity and potential impact
Notified law enforcement of the incident
Reset all user passwords to block any unauthorized access
Changes made: Implementing additional technological safeguards on our systems that contain personal information
Offering complimentary identity and credit monitoring through Kroll for one year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(253 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 206d
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: Sep 26, 2021
→ Notified: Apr 20, 2022
206d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 26, 2021 → Notified: Apr 20, 2022	206d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGFeb 9 · first

Massachusetts State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+14d

Washington State AG+44d

Oregon State AG+61d

Oregon State AG+117d

California State AG+117d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+124d

South Carolina State AG+159d

New Hampshire State AG+334d

Pattern: first filing Feb 9 (MT), last Jan 9 (NH) — a 334-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-554083
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 6, 2022
Raw hash: d2eb84fe8254b2cbd671dd2a5a8dcb7fbb3b83653d8c5de0054c0f0d0cf06c8b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLincare Holdings Inc.

Victim entityLincare Holdings Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2021

Stated responseTook immediate action to secure its network

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov