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JOHNSON INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.

bd_e2ac799f3705891c · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Sep 18, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for JOHNSON INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC. →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Storm on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: Financial ServicesDiscovered: 2026-09-18

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Johnson Investment Counsel is an independent, employee-owned wealth management firm founded in 1965 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company provides comprehensive financial services to individuals, families, businesses, corporations, retirement plans, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. Its services include investment management, financial planning, retirement and cash-flow planning, estate planning, trust services, charitable planning, and business solutions. Johnson Investment Counsel operates as a fee-only Registered Investment Advisor and emphasizes fiduciary responsibility, long-term relationships, and customized financial strategies. As of June 30, 2026, the firm manages approximately $23 billion in assets and has 159 employees, serving clients across all 50 U.S. states. The company headquarters is located in 7755 Montgomery Road, Suite 180, Cincinnati, OH 45236, United States.51-200 Employees

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Sep 18, 2026

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Oct 1 (MA), last Oct 16 (VT) — a 15-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this group

storm

89 victims claimed globally89 tracked hereFull profile →