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Kovack Financial

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 16, 2026

Filed

Aug 14, 2026

To disclose

29 days

Affected

3,301scope not determined

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for Kovack Financial3 incidents on file

Kovack Financial, LLC based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a financial services entity reported a data breach to the Texas Attorney General. The breach was discovered on 2026-07-16 and reported on 2026-08-14. 3,301 Texas residents were affected. 109,506 individuals affected in total. Types of information involved: Name of individual;Social Security Number Information;Driver’s License number;Government-issued ID number (e.g. passport, state ID card);Financial Information (e.g. account number, credit or debit card number). Consumers were notified via U.S. Mail.

Texas clock TX AG ≤30d29 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

discovery → filing · ≤ 29 days

Jul 16, 2026

Discovered

Aug 14, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filingsup to 13d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Aug 1 (IL), last Aug 14 (TX) — a 13-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.