HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

Lincare Holdings Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 26, 2021

Filed

Jan 9, 2023

To disclose

16 months

Affected

3,822state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Lincare Holdings Inc. →11 incidents on file

Lincare Holdings Inc. filed a supplemental notice with the NH AG regarding a 2021 unauthorized network access. First access occurred Sept 10, 2021; detected Sept 26, 2021. Affected ~3,822 NH residents with names, PHI, SSNs. Incident contained Sept 29, 2021. Notifications completed Jan 3, 2023.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d16 months 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 · 16 days

discovery → filing · 16 months / 470 days

Sep 10, 2021

Begins

Sep 26, 2021

Discovered

Jan 9, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+55 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim predates this filing by 71 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_d9fcb8f9cc10f88d2022-10-30 · +71dCandidate

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_64bf8274edfe01532022-07-18 · +175dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4e8a25c23ca669ac2022-06-13 · +210dVerified by operator

Name: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, A Professional Corporation
norm: baker donelson bearman caldwell berkowitz a

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

Discovered: Sep 26, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 10, 2021 – Sep 29, 2021
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 3, 2023
Affected individuals: 3,822state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Consumer Protection Bureau Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an investigation, including working with outside cybersecurity experts
Took immediate action after learning of the incident to secure its network
Enlisted outside cybersecurity experts to assist in the investigation
Notified law enforcement of the incident
Promptly reset all user passwords to block any unauthorized access
Offering you complimentary credit monitoring through Kroll
Changes made: Implementing additional technological safeguards on our systems that contain personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 months(470 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGJun 13 · first

South Carolina State AG+35d

New Hampshire State AG+210d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 13 (NH), last Jan 9 (NH) — a 210-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/lincare-holdings-20230109.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 9, 2023
Raw hash: 3bf2ef5a5f834644d9e05f26c39cb5503c88c31e47e3274f09842c1e8e33dcc4

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBaker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, A Professional Corporation

Victim entityLincare Holdings Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, including working with outside cybersecurity experts

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov