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Kovack Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2026

Filed

Aug 1, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

Withheld by the regulator

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for Kovack Financial →3 incidents on file

KOVACK FINANCIAL, LLC filed a data-breach notice with the Illinois Attorney General in August 2026 (case 26-08-1384). The register records the breach as discovered on July 16, 2026. Personal information types reported: drivers license, financial account number, passport number, ssn. Illinois does not publish the number of people affected — 815 ILCS 530/10 permits the Attorney General to publish only the entity name, the types of personal information and the date range.

Incident timeline

Jul 16, 2026

Discovered

Aug 1, 2026

Filed

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 filings ↓up to 13d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGAug 1 · first · this page
Oregon State AG+9d
Washington State AG+9d
California State AG+9d
New Hampshire State AG+9d
Massachusetts State AG+9d
Vermont State AG+9d
Texas State AG+13d

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.