HackingPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.

bd_26c3ced2ff25f41e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 24, 2023

Filed

Jun 30, 2025

To disclose

22 months

Affected

2,259state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC. →3 incidents on file

Johnson Controls filed a supplemental security breach notification with the Iowa Attorney General on June 30, 2025, regarding 2,259 Iowa residents. The incident occurred between February 1, 2023, and September 30, 2023, when an unauthorized actor accessed systems and exfiltrated employee/contractor personal information. Johnson Controls discovered the breach on September 24, 2023, and has since enhanced security controls, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring.

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Iowa clock✓ IA AG ≤5 bday22 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

undetected · 235 days

discovery → filing · 22 months / 645 days

Feb 1, 2023

Begins

Sep 24, 2023

Discovered

Jun 30, 2025

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_5284e02cf7bdc3ab2025-06-30Verified
Delaware State AGbd_5dff2cf2bc9347e12025-06-30Verified
Washington State AGbd_6d51e51d4fab12b02025-06-30Verified
Montana State AGbd_b3d1bc45d49337412025-06-30Candidate

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Indiana State AGbd_ef10c9b1f96618922025-06-30Verified
Vermont State AGbd_fa9193fcd908cd4f2025-06-30Verified
Texas State AGbd_06db4aad939182842025-07-01 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_0c4d9314febaae6a2025-07-01 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_f42e2ab3511b79722025-07-01 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3286138d472476882025-07-07 · +7dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: Morrison & Foerster LLP
norm: morrison foerster

Name: JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.
norm: johnson controls
Domain: johnsoncontrols.com

Discovered: Sep 24, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2023
Undetected for: 235 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 30, 2025
Affected individuals: 2,259state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified law enforcementpublicly disclosed the incident in filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the support of leading third-party experts
Took steps to prevent further access and remove the actor from the network
Notified its employees by posting information related to this incident on the company’s intranet
Offering employees free credit monitoring, including fraud alerting, identity restoration, and identity theft insurance coverage
Notified law enforcement
Publicly disclosed the incident in filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Changes made: Blocking known indicators of compromise
Conducting an enterprise-wide password reset
Fortifying its identity and access management protocols
Enhancing its security monitoring and logging capabilities
Expanding its multi-factor authentication coverage
Reconfiguring security settings across its systems and virtual infrastructure
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 months(645 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: IA AG ≤5 bday
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 · 11 states

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California State AGJun 30 · first

Delaware State AGJun 30 · first

Washington State AGJun 30 · first

Montana State AGJun 30 · first

Indiana State AGJun 30 · first

Vermont State AGJun 30 · first

Iowa State AGJun 30 · first · this page

Texas State AG+1d

Illinois State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jun 30 (CA), last Jul 7 (NH) — a 7-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://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/6302025_Johnson_Controls_95DD7C8DFDED1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 30, 2025
Raw hash: acc119c4c7094cb9499b2eefb320ac6083d722e95a5b1ef65ccc1a9b41fa3a9f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMorrison & Foerster LLP

Victim entityJOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 24, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the support of leading third-party experts

ComplianceIA AG ≤5 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov