Incident · State breach notice (California AG)
Paylogix data breach: employee benefits enrollment data taken in November 2025
Compiled from public records. Updated 2026-11-13. By the cisonews.net Desk.
The Paylogix data breach affected 41,739 people, according to the federal health breach portal, where Paylogix LLC reported a hacking or IT incident as a business associate on September 18, 2026. Paylogix, a software provider that insurers use for employee benefits enrollment, says files may have been viewed or taken from its network between November 13 and November 18, 2025, in a cyber incident that first showed as a network disruption. The federal health breach list counts 41,739 people, and Washington's attorney general records 28,449 Washingtonians. Letters dated August 14, 2026 offer 12 months of Cyberscout monitoring.
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Why did I get a letter from Paylogix?
Paylogix says it likely has your information because its software was used when you enrolled in employee benefits at a current or former employer. It describes itself as a software-as-a-service provider for insurance providers, so the letter can arrive from a company you never chose. The guide to letters from companies you never dealt with explains the chain.
What happened at Paylogix?
Paylogix says it had a network disruption in November 2025, secured its systems and investigated. It then reviewed the files, matched the records to its customers and told those customers on or around July 20, 2026. It reported the event to law enforcement and has added technical security measures.
| Date | What the letter and the regulators' records say |
|---|---|
| November 13 to 18, 2025 | Files may have been viewed or taken |
| July 20, 2026 | Paylogix notifies the affected customers |
| August 14, 2026 | Letter date; recorded by California, Washington, Indiana and Massachusetts |
| September 18, 2026 | Report submitted to HHS: 41,739 people |
The letters went out nine months after the incident. The letter puts the time down to reviewing the files and matching them to customers.
What information was involved?
The letter fills in each reader's items. The state records give the categories:
| Regulator | Information it records |
|---|---|
| Washington attorney general | Name; Social Security number; financial and banking information; full date of birth; health insurance policy or ID number |
| Massachusetts consumer affairs office | Social Security numbers and financial accounts marked as breached; medical records, driver's licenses and payment cards not |
How many people were affected?
| Regulator | What it counts | Number |
|---|---|---|
| HHS Office for Civil Rights | Individuals affected | 41,739 |
| Washington attorney general | Washingtonians | 28,449 |
| Indiana attorney general | Indiana residents (no total given) | 15,027 |
| Massachusetts consumer affairs office | Massachusetts residents | 6,420 |
The three state counts alone add up to 49,896, more than HHS's 41,739. The documents do not explain the difference.
What is Paylogix offering?
Twelve months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection from Cyberscout, a TransUnion company. People must enroll themselves within 90 days of the letter.
| Item | Detail from the letter |
|---|---|
| Provider | Cyberscout (TransUnion) |
| Length | 12 months |
| Enrollment deadline | 90 days from the August 14, 2026 letter |
What the documents leave open
- Which insurers and employers' plans were involved.
- What caused the network disruption, and how the actor got in.
- The total number of people.
California's breach-notice rule
California's breach law (Civil Code § 1798.82 for businesses, § 1798.29 for state agencies) requires any person or business that must notify more than 500 California residents of a single breach to submit one sample copy of that notice to the Attorney General electronically. The California Attorney General's breach list, where this notice was found, is built from those submissions. Source: California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Data Security Breach Reporting. The guide Data breach laws by state: notice deadlines and attorney general thresholds in 23 states reads the rule in full, and the glossary defines Breach notification law.
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Sources
- 2026-08-14 · APaylogix, LLC, notice of data breach filed with the California Attorney General, published August 14, 2026
- 2026-11-07 · ACalifornia Attorney General, data breach notification record, published November 7, 2026
- 2026-11-07 · AU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, breach portal (breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), published November 7, 2026
- 2026-11-07 · AWashington State Office of the Attorney General, data breach notifications list, published November 7, 2026
- 2026-11-07 · AIndiana Attorney General, data breach year-to-date report (2026), published November 7, 2026
- 2026-11-07 · AMassachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, 2026 Data Breach Notification Report, published November 7, 2026
- undated · ACalifornia Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Data Security Breach Reporting
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