Hightower Holding Data Breach Impacts 130,000

The holdings company says hackers stole names, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers from its environment.

Hightower Holding, the parent company of financial management services provider Hightower Advisors, is notifying over 130,000 individuals of a data breach.

Operating as a holding company, Hightower Holding provides financial management, retirement planning, wealth and investment advisory, and other services through subsidiaries such as Hightower Advisors, Hightower Securities, and Hightower Trust Company.

In a written notification letter sent to the impacted individuals this week, the company revealed that it fell victim to a cyberattack in early January 2026, and that the hackers exfiltrated certain files from its environment between January 8 and 9.

Hightower says it reviewed the stolen files together with third-party specialists, determining that they contained personal information such as names, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers.

The data breach, it said, was the result of compromised ...