HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesSkimmerTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedAuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

American Payroll Association

bd_1cc2355a06929eff · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 13, 2020

Filed

Aug 19, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

548state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for American Payroll Association →

American Payroll Association (APA) reported a skimming cyberattack in Washington state affecting 548 residents. Unauthorized individuals exploited a vulnerability in APA's CMS to install a skimmer on login and checkout pages. The incident occurred between May 13 and July 16, 2020. Data accessed included usernames, passwords, credit card info, and PII. APA patched the CMS, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 60 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

May 13, 2020

Begins

Jul 13, 2020

Discovered

Aug 19, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_165da878868f4db12020-09-01 · +13dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_24ecf0818ebd10892020-09-01 · +13dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_add07444061ddcc32020-01-01 · +231dCandidate

Name: American Payroll Association
norm: american payroll
Domain: americanpayroll.org

Name: American Payroll Association
norm: american payroll
Domain: americanpayroll.org
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 13, 2020
Breach occurred: May 13, 2020 – Jul 16, 2020
Undetected for: 60 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 548state-resident count only
Data types: AuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameFinancial account numberDate of birthUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Installed the latest security patches from our content management system
Reviewed all code changes made to the APA website since January
Installed additional antivirus software on our servers
Increased our security patch implementation from monthly to weekly
Required all impacted users to change their password on the site
Changes made: Increased the frequency of security patch implementation
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Washington State AG+231d · this page

Montana State AG+244d

New Hampshire State AG+244d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Sep 1 (NH) — a 244-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.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10250.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 19, 2020
Raw hash: 0dabdb789aaf2410a82349e8bc7eb8330ccb7d0cf0c8bcf81d1c963eb20eb2f3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Payroll Association

Victim entityAmerican Payroll Association

Incidentdiscovered Jul 13, 2020

Stated responseInstalled the latest security patches from our content management system

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com