Kovack Financial

The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Kovack Financial on July 9, 2024. The incident involved unauthorized access to email accounts between approximately August 15, 2023, and September 5, 2023, potentially affecting personal information such as full names, although the specific number of individuals affected remains unknown.

Source: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-07-09-kovack-financial-data-breach-notice-consumers

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/kovack-financial-network

"id": "kov232072825",
"linkid": "kovack-financial-network",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Kovack Financial',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Full Names'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Full Names']},
 'date_detected': '2024-07-09',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-07-09',
 'description': 'The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Kovack Financial on July 9, 2024. The '
                'incident involved unauthorized access to email accounts '
                'between approximately August 15, 2023, and September 5, 2023, '
                'potentially affecting personal information such as full '
                'names, although the specific number of individuals affected '
                'remains unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Full Names'],
            'systems_affected': ['Email Accounts']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-07-09',
                 'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Kovack Financial',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}