HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Heights Finance

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 7, 2026

Filed

Aug 12, 2026

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Heights Finance →

Heights Finance Holdings Company notified South Carolina residents of a security incident discovered on May 7, 2026, involving unauthorized access to a third-party cloud-based platform. The incident potentially exposed customer contact details, financial account information, and government identifiers. The company engaged forensic specialists, reported to federal law enforcement, secured the platform, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via Epiq. The investigation is complete, and the threat is contained.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

May 7, 2026

Discovered

Aug 12, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

Name: Heights Finance
norm: heights finance
Domain: heightfinancial.com

Name: Heights Finance
norm: heights finance
Domain: heightfinancial.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 7, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 10, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported the incident to federal law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Activated incident response protocols
Brought in outside cybersecurity specialists to investigate
Reported the incident to federal law enforcement
Engaged a third-party cybersecurity specialist to monitor the dark web
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through a third-party provider, Epiq
Changes made: Confirmed that the cloud-based platform is secure
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through a third-party provider, Epiq
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2026/Consumer%20Letter%20-%20Heights%20Finance%20Holdings%20Company.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 12, 2026
Raw hash: 4b6fc0ca7c223e3dbaf649949102e22a14702e0817f1b4310d6d21f40e5555e2

Reporting entityHeights Finance

Victim entityHeights Finance

Incidentdiscovered May 7, 2026

Stated responseActivated incident response protocols

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov