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ADP emphasized that the fraudsters needed to have the victim\u2019s personal data \u2014 including name, date of birth and Social Security number \u2014 to successfully create an account in someone\u2019s name. ADP also stressed that this personal data did not come from its systems, and that thieves appeared to already possess that data when they created the unauthorized accounts at ADP\u2019s portal. The incident\u2019s timeline underscores the challenges organizations face in monitoring and securing extended vendor ecosystems. Broadcom, a multinational semiconductor and infrastructure software company, had utilized ADP for payroll processing, with adp hack<\/a> BSH functioning as ADP\u2019s regional provider in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

ADP Data Breach: What & How It Happened?<\/h2>\n

The 60-year-old Paterson, New Jersey-based company looked into the unauthorized access after a number of customers in its client base came forward with reports of fraudulent transactions made through its ADP self-service portal. The bank\u2019s letter attributes the breach to a vulnerability in an external portal for W-2 information. The letter says that portal accounts created for individual employees, but that employees never used, were vulnerable to the ADP security breach. Information that was hacked included names, social security numbers, bank account details, date of birth, and addresses. ADP confirmed this activity, saying that it hit \u201ca very small subset\u201d of its customers.<\/p>\n