HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

L. KNIFE & SON, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2022

Filed

Dec 30, 2022

To disclose

22 days

Affected · nationwide

14,337134 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

63%

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

L. Knife & Son experienced an external system breach between October 13, 2022, and October 19, 2022. The breach was discovered on December 8, 2022. The compromised information includes names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers along with their corresponding security codes, access codes, passwords, or PINs. A total of 134 Maine residents were affected. The company provided written notification to affected individuals on December 30, 2022, and offered two years of credit monitoring services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 8, 2022 → Filed with AG Dec 30, 202222d ✓ ME AG ≤30d22 days 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 · 56 days

discovery → filing · 22 days

Oct 13, 2022

Begins

Dec 8, 2022

Discovered

Dec 30, 2022

Filed

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_147257e5513864692022-12-30Verified
HHS OCRbd_4e0d4cc6530c00ed2022-12-30Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_61bdcc78cac6fa722022-12-30Verified
Indiana State AGbd_9dc5429196b125b52022-12-30Verified

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Vermont State AGbd_1be02c5d8c13870e2022-12-23 · +7dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_b2d78534115a48ce2023-01-30 · +31dVerified

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

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

Discovered: Dec 8, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 13, 2022 – Oct 19, 2022
Undetected for: 56 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 30, 2022
Affected individuals: 14,337state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

During the incident: Offered 2 years of credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through Experian.
Sent written notification to affected consumers.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 22d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 8, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Dec 30, 2022
22d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 8, 2022 → Filed with AG: Dec 30, 2022	22d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Vermont State AGDec 23 · first

Massachusetts State AG+7d

HHS OCR+7d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Indiana State AG+7d

Maine State AG+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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/2b0d8301-2beb-4d4a-8ef9-2b354e72c8e1.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 30, 2022
Raw hash: 2509a44eb36428ddcdac26e38ba4fafd50962ba342168a14ad9f5f3ecdccf6b2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityL. KNIFE & SON, LLC

Victim entityL. KNIFE & SON, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2022

Stated responseOffered 2 years of credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through Experian.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov