HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesSkimmerTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountCredentialsLowContained

American Payroll Association

bd_24ecf0818ebd1089 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 13, 2020

Filed

Sep 1, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

37state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for American Payroll Association →

American Payroll Association notified NH AG of a skimming attack on its website's login and checkout pages. Unauthorized access occurred starting May 13, 2020, discovered around July 13, 2020. 37 NH residents affected; data included login credentials, payment card info, and PII. APA patched CMS, installed antivirus, increased patch frequency, and mandated password resets. Offered 12 months credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 60 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

May 13, 2020

Begins

Jul 13, 2020

Discovered

Sep 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

11 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_165da878868f4db12020-09-01Verified
Washington State AGbd_1cc2355a06929eff2020-08-19 · +13dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_add07444061ddcc32020-01-01 · +244dCandidate

Name: American Payroll Association
norm: american payroll

Name: American Payroll Association
norm: american payroll
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 13, 2020
Breach occurred: May 13, 2020
Undetected for: 60 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 37state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input CaptureT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire 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 security patch implementation frequency to weekly
Installed additional antivirus software on servers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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

Montana State AG+244d

New Hampshire State AG+244d · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/american-payroll-20200901..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 1, 2020
Raw hash: 5e7054b05408854fc13f498946619eab77cf7199efa9a570ff6b569669da85f7

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov