HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Payroll Select Services, LLC

bd_47a5b7bded479872 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 7, 2023

Filed

Apr 16, 2024

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected · nationwide

17,3371 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Payroll Select Services, LLC →

Payroll Select Services, LLC (PSS) notified the NH AG of a cybersecurity incident detected on September 7, 2023. Unauthorized actors accessed PSS files. PSS notified 17,337 individuals, including 1 NH resident, on March 28, 2024. PSS engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, enhanced security controls, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 222 days

Sep 7, 2023

Discovered

Apr 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

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_7a06d25210b7fba82024-04-12 · +4dCandidate
Vermont State AGbd_bb8495aef4c5e2dd2024-03-28 · +19dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_dd194a5d479a11902024-03-28 · +19dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Payroll Select Services, LLC
norm: payroll select
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 7, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 28, 2024
Affected individuals: 17,337state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged third-party cybersecurity professionals to assist with securing PSS’ environment and conducting a forensic investigation
Posted a public notice of the incident on their website on October 20, 2023
Mailed notification letters to affected individuals on March 28, 2024
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through TransUnion
Changes made: Reset passwords
Installed additional threat hunting and endpoint detection and response technologies
Reconfigured certain portions of its network
Increased its employee training
Updating its policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(222 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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Vermont State AGMar 28 · first

Indiana State AGMar 28 · first

Montana State AG+15d

New Hampshire State AG+19d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 28 (VT), last Apr 16 (NH) — a 19-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/payroll-select-20240416.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 16, 2024
Raw hash: 2615779b334cdf6b73c93819771658746aca4f69a7323cb5d1405ea6ea033af9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityPayroll Select Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 7, 2023

Stated responseDisconnected all access to the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov