HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Affordable Payroll, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 26, 2024

Filed

Aug 26, 2024

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Affordable Payroll, Inc. →

Affordable Payroll, Inc. notified the New Hampshire AG of a data breach affecting 5 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred on April 26, 2024, involving names and government IDs. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 122 days

Apr 26, 2024

Begins

Apr 26, 2024

Discovered

Aug 26, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c2274525d9fe3b8b2024-08-20 · +6dVerified

Name: Cipriani & Werner, P.C.
norm: cipriani werner

Name: Affordable Payroll, Inc.
norm: affordable payroll
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 26, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 26, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 20, 2024
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic specialists to assist in a thorough investigation
Secured the network and systems
Notified law enforcement
Enhanced security measures
Provided notice to potentially impacted individuals via U.S. mail
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Enhanced security measures already in place
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(122 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 20 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 20 (MA), last Aug 26 (NH) — a 6-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/affordable-payroll-20240826.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 26, 2024
Raw hash: 9b97d2e9463c658fb7d4ce5d95dd7ea30a97c50baee72abf94ef083ae3e5b2b5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCipriani & Werner, P.C.

Victim entityAffordable Payroll, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 26, 2024

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic specialists to assist in a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov