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MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Kahua, Inc.

bd_625bc402cc1baed5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 13, 2023

Filed

Jan 24, 2024

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Kahua, Inc.

Kahua, Inc. notified consumers of a data incident occurring between Oct 25 and Nov 13, 2023. The company received a ransom note via email on Nov 13, 2023, but confirmed no files were actually encrypted. The incident involved unauthorized access to the internal administrative network, potentially exposing personal information including names and government IDs. Kahua engaged forensic investigators and is offering 4 years of credit monitoring and fraud assistance.

Vermont clock VT AG >45 bday10 weeks discovery → filing
unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days
discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 72 days

Oct 25, 2023

Begins

Nov 13, 2023

Discovered

Jan 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGDec 15 · first
Vermont State AG+40d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 15 (IN), last Jan 24 (VT) — a 40-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.