HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Kovack Financial

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 5, 2023

Filed

Jul 9, 2024

To disclose

44 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Kovack Financial →3 incidents on file

Kovack Financial notified consumers of a data breach where unauthorized parties accessed email accounts containing personal information (names) between August 15 and September 5, 2023. The incident was discovered on September 5, 2023. The company engaged external cybersecurity professionals and is offering complimentary identity defense services to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday44 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 · 21 days

discovery → filing · 44 weeks / 308 days

Aug 15, 2023

Begins

Sep 5, 2023

Discovered

Jul 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+36 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_eb5b3cc05bb2aae02024-07-09Candidate
Maine State AGbd_f10e23eeb8cf539f2024-07-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_99adcfc3d6ea41fd2024-07-10 · +1dVerified

Name: Kovack Financial
norm: kovack financial

Name: Kovack Financial
norm: kovack financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 5, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 15, 2023 – Sep 5, 2023
Undetected for: 21 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 9, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Offering CyEx Identity Defense services
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 44 weeks(308 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGJul 9 · first

Maine State AGJul 9 · first

Vermont State AGJul 9 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-07-09-kovack-financial-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 9, 2024
Raw hash: 40c43c761f41bf4b6fa04f9902126d12ad94df58e18ac3b604994ec2d6ead2ef

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKovack Financial

Victim entityKovack Financial

Incidentdiscovered Sep 5, 2023

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov