What Happened
On January 16, 2026, the ransomware group APT73/Bashe announced a successful cyberattack on Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management (hl.co.uk), a leading UK financial services provider that manages over £170 billion in client assets. The threat actors claimed to have exfiltrated sensitive data and threatened to release it if their demands were not met; however, the exact number of affected records and specific types of data exposed were not disclosed in available reports. The breach was distinct from subsequent IT outages the company experienced in March 2026, which the company confirmed were technical issues unrelated to any cyber incident or data breach.
