HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 24, 2023

Filed

Sep 24, 2023

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

12,134state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

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

Johnson Controls notified South Carolina and other jurisdictions of a cyber incident discovered September 24, 2023, involving unauthorized access to its network between February 1, 2023, and September 30, 2023. The actor accessed and exfiltrated personal information, including names and credentials. Johnson Controls engaged third-party experts, terminated access, notified law enforcement, and offered two years of complimentary credit monitoring via Equifax.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due≤1 day discovery → filing

⚠ filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.

Incident timeline

undetected · 235 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Feb 1, 2023

Begins

Sep 24, 2023

Discovered

Sep 24, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

19 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

SEC 8-Kbd_ff1220a37a34d7102023-09-27 · +3dCandidate
SEC 8-Kbd_b13de6d7c76d8c022023-11-13 · +50dVerified

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

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

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: 12,134state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement
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
Terminated the unauthorized actor’s access to the affected systems
Engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists to further investigate and resolve the incident
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Taken appropriate steps to enhance our security controls
Arranged for you, at your option, to enroll in a complimentary two-year credit monitoring service
Engaged Equifax to provide you with its Equifax Credit WatchTM Gold
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings

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South Carolina State AGSep 24 · first · this page

SEC 8-K+3d

SEC 8-K+50d

Pattern: first filing Sep 24 (SC), last Nov 13 — a 50-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/Johnson%20Controls%20-%20Consumer%20Notice%20South%20Carolina.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 24, 2023
Raw hash: 4908529a27f0dec27b617ec4fe51c0f5351d74ae3a857d24e8db960e0b9a9b20

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.

Victim entityJOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 24, 2023

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

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov