HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Van Eck Associates Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 15, 2026

Filed

Oct 2, 2026

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Van Eck Associates Corporation →

Van Eck Associates Corporation notified the NH Attorney General of an incident where an unauthorized third party accessed its network between April 14-15, 2026, obtaining files containing name, SSN, and financial account numbers. One New Hampshire resident was affected. The company isolated systems, investigated, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 170 days

Apr 14, 2026

Begins

Apr 15, 2026

Discovered

Oct 2, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Van Eck Associates Corporation
norm: van eck associates

Name: Van Eck Associates Corporation
norm: van eck associates
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 15, 2026
Breach occurred: Apr 14, 2026 – Apr 15, 2026
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 2, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators

During the incident: Isolated relevant systems
Initiated an investigation
Conducted a detailed review of the files
Notified appropriate regulators
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through TransUnion
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards
Training for its employees
Evaluating additional technical security measures
Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(170 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/van-eck-associates-corporation-20261002.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 2, 2026
Raw hash: d8fdd3efc2e097d8d0277cf574f4daf43ceedeb2452b5c2c9b0fae79a9e660c7

Reporting entityVan Eck Associates Corporation

Victim entityVan Eck Associates Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Apr 15, 2026

Stated responseIsolated relevant systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov