HackingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

LOWER, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2021

Filed

Oct 6, 2022

To disclose

42 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for LOWER, LLC →4 incidents on file

Lower LLC notified the California AG of an incident where an unauthorized actor accessed its network between Dec 10-14, 2021, removing files and accessing employee email accounts. Affected data includes names, SSNs, and potentially financial account numbers. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 14, 2021 → Notified Oct 6, 2022296d ✗ CA 60-day late42 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 42 weeks / 296 days

Dec 10, 2021

Begins

Dec 14, 2021

Discovered

Oct 6, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_71783a8d00bb95792022-10-06Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a70e920b76c1dd242022-10-11 · +5dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_6797c8aa28eb91e02022-08-08 · +59dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_2514e4cd772871022022-08-02 · +65dVerified by operator

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Oregon State AGbd_7c08e1ba6cee05ac2022-08-02 · +65dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_c89bacdc828a3dc32022-08-02 · +65dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_684eb1dfac2ece3f2022-05-31 · +128dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_118024ac8e485c732022-05-27 · +132dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_2dad5330357429422022-05-27 · +132dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_fe440dee34e1a9c52022-05-27 · +132dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: LOWER, LLC
norm: lower

Name: LOWER, LLC
norm: lower

Discovered: Dec 14, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 10, 2021 – Dec 14, 2021
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 6, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notifying regulatory authorities as required by law
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an in-depth investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified law enforcement
Notifying regulatory authorities as required by law
Arranged to have Experian provide credit monitoring services for ## months at no cost to you
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems as appropriate
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 42 weeks(296 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 296d
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: Dec 14, 2021
→ Notified: Oct 6, 2022
296d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 14, 2021 → Notified: Oct 6, 2022	296d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGMay 27 · first

California State AGMay 27 · first

Washington State AGMay 27 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+67d

Oregon State AG+67d

California State AG+67d

New Hampshire State AG+73d

Delaware State AG+132d

California State AG+132d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+137d

Pattern: first filing May 27 (ME), last Oct 11 (NH) — a 137-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — the full spread may be wider.

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/sb24-557947
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 6, 2022
Raw hash: 5ae5f11e99c090f42415674974c1a7e3f81ca4908742d9b91b86b79c630eb408

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLOWER, LLC

Victim entityLOWER, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an in-depth investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov