MalwareFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

Kovack Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 28, 2025

Filed

Aug 10, 2026

To disclose

50 weeks

Affected

657state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Kovack Financial →3 incidents on file

Kovack Financial, LLC reported a ransomware incident to the Washington Attorney General. Unauthorized access occurred between August 8 and August 27, 2025, discovered on August 28, 2025. The breach affected 657 Washington residents, exposing names, SSNs, driver's licenses, passport numbers, payment card info, medical data, and financial account details. Kovack notified law enforcement, provided 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion, and implemented additional employee safeguards. Notices were sent on August 10, 2026.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d50 weeks 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

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 50 weeks / 347 days

Aug 8, 2025

Begins

Aug 28, 2025

Discovered

Aug 10, 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

Oregon State AGbd_16ea4ef20fad738e2026-08-10Verified
California State AGbd_575505632444a4202026-08-10Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_9aba279232fde5102026-08-10Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_abc1097cb2de03062026-08-10Verified

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Vermont State AGbd_b3a35f4fca8e67802026-08-10Verified
Texas State AGbd_04424cbfd3543e0f2026-08-14 · +4dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_2f4af51091391c7f2026-08-01 · +9dVerified

Name: Kovack Financial
norm: kovack financial

Name: Kovack Financial
norm: kovack financial

Discovered: Aug 28, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 8, 2025 – Aug 27, 2025
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 10, 2026
Affected individuals: 657state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberPassport numberMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to other relevant state regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion

During the incident: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through TransUnion, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to other relevant state regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 50 weeks(347 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Illinois State AGAug 1 · first

Oregon State AG+9d

California State AG+9d

New Hampshire State AG+9d

Massachusetts State AG+9d

Vermont State AG+9d

Washington State AG+9d · this page

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.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA42272.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 10, 2026
Raw hash: aa1aabb66ca1c93db7c683ecb1240a072171ac6cb3d7e310259226c6516b64d1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKovack Financial

Victim entityKovack Financial

Incidentdiscovered Aug 28, 2025

Stated responseNotified federal law enforcement regarding the event

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com