HackingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTMediumContained
HIGHTOWER HOLDING, LLC
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Full breach record for HIGHTOWER HOLDING, LLC →Hightower Holding, LLC notified Vermont AG of a data event affecting 225 Vermont residents. Unauthorized access occurred Jan 8-9, 2026, via compromised user credentials, resulting in unauthorized download of files containing names and Social Security Numbers. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.
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.
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
- bd_618ac39ae73afd62Washington State AGfiled 2026-03-23Candidate
- bd_63d000b1f7a59192New Hampshire State AGfiled 2026-03-23Verified
- bd_79f3f28728521373Indiana State AGfiled 2026-03-23Verified
- bd_88f8377542b02145Maine State AGfiled 2026-03-23Verified
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- bd_9ab4cb833accec1bMaine State AGfiled 2026-03-24(1d gap)Verified
- bd_6ed226a1f4fa64d6Texas State AGfiled 2026-03-25(2d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2026-03-23-hightower-holdings-llc-data-breach-notice-consumers
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- Filed at
- Mar 23, 2026
- Raw hash
- 329f5c9af5877238f8531be4136897010184c9dbb35a2423efb71686620ab08d
Reporting entity
- Name
- Mullen Coughlin LLCnorm: mullen coughlin
Victim entity
- Name
- HIGHTOWER HOLDING, LLCnorm: hightower holding
- Domain
- hightoweradvisors.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Jan 9, 2026
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Mar 23, 2026
- Affected individuals
- 225
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078 Valid Accounts
- Threat actor
- External
- Regulator citations
- Notified Office of the Vermont Attorney GeneralNotified three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
- Initial access
- valid_credentials
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 10 weeks(73 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- VT AG >45 bday
- 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.
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.