American Payroll Association

On August 31, 2020, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the American Payroll Association (APA) that was discovered on or around July 13, 2020. The breach resulted from a skimming cyberattack, compromising personal information including login credentials and payment card information. The breach date of unusual activity was recorded as May 13, 2020.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-193589

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/payroll-org

"id": "pay642072525",
"linkid": "payroll-org",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "5/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Payroll Services',
                        'name': 'American Payroll Association',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Skimming',
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['login credentials',
                                              'payment card information']},
 'date_detected': '2020-07-13',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-31',
 'description': 'A data breach involving the American Payroll Association '
                '(APA) was discovered on or around July 13, 2020. The breach '
                'resulted from a skimming cyberattack, compromising personal '
                'information including login credentials and payment card '
                'information. The breach date of unusual activity was recorded '
                'as May 13, 2020.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['login credentials',
                                 'payment card information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-31',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at American Payroll Association',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}