Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 7, 2025

Filed

Dec 23, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. notified Nebraska residents that between October 9 and October 26, 2025, unauthorized actors gained access to employee Workday payroll accounts via phishing tactics. The incident affected 4 Nebraska residents, exposing Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and bank routing/account numbers. Chipotle secured accounts, launched an investigation, and began mailing notifications on December 23, 2025, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 29 days

Oct 9, 2025

Begins

Nov 7, 2025

Discovered

Dec 23, 2025

Filed

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
Vermont State AGbd_8063b49c48b0050a2025-12-23Verified

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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: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Launched an investigation
Began mailing notification letters via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Offering all notified Nebraska residents one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Made changes to restore the information in your account
Took steps to ensure that you received your wages
Notified you about this
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.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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

Vermont State AGDec 23 · first

Indiana State AGDec 23 · first

Nebraska 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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/4b0043fd-205d-4a45-bf87-7d4c791c85ce.pdf
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: 256c46a1d1ffa2d19fb2723fa72b744c42e747ef8e2931414894c803069c76f8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

Victim entityCHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2025

Stated responseSecured the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov