Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Hermann Financial Services

bd_972bc365c4d0aff7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 15, 2025

Filed

Oct 15, 2025

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hermann Financial Services →

Hermann Financial Services, Inc. notified consumers of a data security incident involving unauthorized access to an employee email account between June 13 and June 25, 2025. The breach was discovered on September 15, 2025, after analysis revealed personal information was contained in the accessed emails. The company engaged Kroll to provide complimentary identity monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday4 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 · 94 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Jun 13, 2025

Begins

Sep 15, 2025

Discovered

Oct 15, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_3eee47109c30e0fb2025-10-15Candidate
Delaware State AGbd_a930c1b5b1f086d82025-10-15Verified

Name: Hermann Financial Services
norm: hermann financial

Name: Hermann Financial Services
norm: hermann financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 15, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 13, 2025 – Jun 25, 2025
Undetected for: 94 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 15, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Took steps to secure the account and investigate the activity
Analyzed the emails and attachments from the account involved
Changes made: Enhance the security of our email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGOct 15 · first

Delaware State AGOct 15 · first

Vermont State AGOct 15 · first · this page

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/2025-10-15-hermann-financial-services-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 15, 2025
Raw hash: 2de56b487c909754f06f12b956e680f8697db6cd284f6859b3e6fb7187fbbeca

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHermann Financial Services

Victim entityHermann Financial Services

Incidentdiscovered Sep 15, 2025

Stated responseSecured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov