DisclosureLens
HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

HENNESSY ADVISORS, INC.

bd_d11bdc8476440748 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 30, 2025

Filed

Feb 23, 2026

To disclose

47 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for HENNESSY ADVISORS, INC.

Hennessy Advisors, Inc. disclosed a data security incident discovered on March 30, 2025, involving suspicious activity affecting access to certain systems. In late December 2025, the company learned that certain data, including personal information of investors in the Hennessy Funds, had been accessed and released without authorization. On February 5, 2026, the company became aware of unauthorized access to specific individuals' personal information. The company retained third-party specialists, secured systems, and is offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX.

Vermont clock VT AG >45 bday47 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 47 weeks / 330 days

Mar 30, 2025

Discovered

Feb 23, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+39 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filingsup to 22d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IL), last Feb 25 (TX) — a 24-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.