HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Kovack Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 28, 2025

Filed

Aug 10, 2026

To disclose

50 weeks

Affected

318state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kovack Financial →3 incidents on file

Kovack Financial, LLC notified the NH Attorney General of an incident where an unknown actor accessed files containing names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account information of 318 NH residents. Access occurred between August 8-27, 2025; suspicious activity was detected on August 28, 2025. The company secured its network, notified law enforcement, and is providing 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 50 weeks / 347 days

Aug 8, 2025

Begins

Aug 28, 2025

Discovered

Aug 10, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+41 wks slower

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
Washington State AGbd_3f1a5109a33b3d742026-08-10Verified
California State AGbd_575505632444a4202026-08-10Candidate
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, LLC
norm: kovack financial

Name: Kovack Financial
norm: kovack financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

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: 318state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProviding written notice to other relevant state regulators

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network
Launched an investigation to determine the full nature and scope of the event
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through TransUnion
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
Providing written notice 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: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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

Washington State AG+9d

California State AG+9d

Massachusetts State AG+9d

Vermont State AG+9d

New Hampshire 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/kovack-financial-20260810.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: 2acf35bb3d81356549859cb3b5f57a1a926d21452cc04b0dcb3cc7a1b23b1521

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKovack Financial, LLC

Victim entityKovack Financial

Incidentdiscovered Aug 28, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov