HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitZero-DaySupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 20, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

72state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. →5 incidents on file

The Estee Lauder Companies notified the NH AG of a cybersecurity incident involving a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite. An unauthorized third party exploited this vulnerability to access and exfiltrate personal data from August 9-12, 2025. Affected data for ~72 NH residents includes names, SSNs, passport numbers, bank account numbers, health info, and employment records. The company patched the vulnerability, engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and is offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Aug 9, 2025

Begins

Jul 20, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 240 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecl0pbd_43a79f8803ec83502025-11-21 · +240dVerified

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Texas State AGbd_addb107ce7f347662026-07-21 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_2fec812c019f031d2026-07-17 · +3dVerified
Washington State AGbd_609ad332bd2107932026-07-17 · +3dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_6c3036d8fedc23172026-07-17 · +3dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 19d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ed3611601cbbcae42026-07-17 · +3dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_eccf3e0cae9b9b662026-07-10 · +10dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_fea9064666f821a32026-07-01 · +19dCandidate

Name: THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
norm: the estee lauder companies
Domain: esteelauder.com

Name: THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
norm: the estee lauder companies
Domain: esteelauder.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Aug 9, 2025 – Aug 12, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 17, 2026
Affected individuals: 72state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Initiated an investigation with the assistance of a leading third-party cybersecurity expert
Notified law enforcement authorities about the incident
Implemented the patches issued by Oracle to address the relevant vulnerability
Worked with an external electronic discovery expert to analyze the relevant files
Engaged the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for 24 months
Changes made: Implemented the patches issued by Oracle to address the relevant vulnerability
Put in place additional safeguards to further protect the system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Illinois State AGJul 1 · first

Vermont State AG+9d

California State AG+16d

Washington State AG+16d

Nebraska State AG+16d

Massachusetts State AG+16d

New Hampshire State AG+19d · this page

Texas State AG+20d

Pattern: first filing Jul 1 (IL), last Jul 21 (TX) — a 20-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/estee-lauder-20260720.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 20, 2026
Raw hash: f1da011369ec0dea3746de3f372896be00c0303974ce465b16009e4741659ef9

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.

Victim entityTHE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseInitiated an investigation with the assistance of a leading third-party cybersecurity expert

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov