HackingTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Complete Payroll Solutions

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 10, 2024

Filed

Apr 25, 2025

To disclose

14 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Complete Payroll Solutions →2 incidents on file

Complete Payroll Solutions (CPS) disclosed that an unauthorized individual accessed its systems around March 10, 2024. The incident likely exposed names and government identifiers (SSN, DOB) of clients' employees. CPS reset passwords, engaged law enforcement, and offered Kroll identity monitoring. The filing is a Vermont AG submission dated April 25, 2025.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday14 months 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

discovery → filing · 14 months / 411 days

Mar 10, 2024

Discovered

Apr 25, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+48 wks slower

This filing is one of 12 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by meow about this victim was first seen 242 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8098ebc1bce71e1c2025-04-25Verified by operator
California State AGbd_a438c7e68790c1822025-04-25Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b49242977c3bd20e2025-04-25Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_c06fe742fa3958402025-04-25Verified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 41d gap

Nebraska State AGbd_e3913e26a0fdb2cc2025-04-25Verified by operator
Rhode Island State AGbd_6e71a10afc6c98522025-04-29 · +4dVerified by operator
Illinois State AGbd_ec79e79d850b180e2025-05-01 · +6dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_956ff6e14c25a6de2025-05-09 · +14dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5fdc02e392c3d7f22025-05-28 · +33dVerified by operator
Rhode Island State AGbd_c764c07dc3ed09582025-06-05 · +41dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: Complete Payroll Solutions
norm: complete payroll
Domain: completepayrollsolutions.com

Name: Complete Payroll Solutions
norm: complete payroll
Domain: completepayrollsolutions.com
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 10, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 25, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Reset system passwords
Added extra layers of security
Investigated what data may be at risk
Notified law enforcement
Offered complimentary access to identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Working to lower the chances of something like this happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(411 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
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 · 11 filings · 8 states

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Montana State AGApr 25 · first

California State AGApr 25 · first

Indiana State AGApr 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 25 · first

Nebraska State AGApr 25 · first

Vermont State AGApr 25 · first · this page

Rhode Island State AG+4d

Illinois State AG+6d

California State AG+14d

New Hampshire State AG+33d

Rhode Island State AG+41d

Pattern: first filing Apr 25 (MT), last Jun 5 (RI) — a 41-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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/2025-04-25-complete-payroll-solutions-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 25, 2025
Raw hash: 84dc66802cb51c3759bbbb4c51738374f87ac7266e9bb451060223f388b74c63

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityComplete Payroll Solutions

Victim entityComplete Payroll Solutions

Incidentdiscovered Mar 10, 2024

Stated responseReset system passwords

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov