Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 7, 2025

Filed

Dec 23, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC. →6 incidents on file

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. notified consumers of a phishing incident targeting employee Workday payroll accounts between October 9-26, 2025. Attackers used stolen credentials to access employee profiles, exposing SSNs, dates of birth, and bank routing/account numbers. Chipotle restored accounts, ensured wage payment, and offered Kroll identity monitoring. No network compromise occurred.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 29 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Oct 9, 2025

Begins

Nov 7, 2025

Discovered

Dec 23, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_04001ac07564bde82025-12-23Verified
Montana State AGbd_28c1c96ff38337602025-12-23Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_692231074c35f09d2025-12-23Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_b01a572368c8c9592025-12-23Verified

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Indiana State AGbd_ec293b586c8c99662025-12-23Verified

Name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
norm: chipotle mexican grill

Name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
norm: chipotle mexican grill
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 7, 2025
Breach occurred: Oct 9, 2025 – Oct 26, 2025
Undetected for: 29 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 23, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Made changes to restore the information in your account
Took steps to ensure that you received your wages
Notified you about this
Offering you a complimentary membership to Kroll Identity Monitoring
Taken measures to strengthen controls related to access to Workday
Changes made: Taken measures to strengthen controls related to access to Workday
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 23 · first

Montana State AGDec 23 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 23 · first

Nebraska State AGDec 23 · first

Indiana State AGDec 23 · first

Vermont State AGDec 23 · first · this page

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-12-23-chipotle-mexican-grill-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2025
Raw hash: 726148cd51e2eee20997c1f242516f769ba9a5a5b9ac041fde62512b32a6abad

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

Victim entityCHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2025

Stated responseMade changes to restore the information in your account

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov