Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedPIICredentialsLowContained

COTY INC.

bd_42a674d07db4cdb1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 12, 2018

Filed

Jul 6, 2018

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for COTY INC. →

Coty, Inc. notified Montana residents of a phishing incident in Jan-Feb 2018 where hackers accessed employee email accounts. Coty became aware on Jan 12, 2018. The incident is contained. Affected data included personal details from compromised emails. Coty reset passwords, engaged forensic partners, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

Jan 1, 2018

Begins

Jan 12, 2018

Discovered

Jul 6, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_402f77eeeadffcd42018-07-06Verified
California State AGbd_ffa8a6399c145ac22018-07-06Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_22fd4338a93c39662018-07-09 · +3dVerified

Name: COTY INC.
norm: coty
Domain: coty.com

Name: COTY INC.
norm: coty
Domain: coty.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 12, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2018 – Feb 28, 2018
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 1, 2018
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: PIICredentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this incident to law enforcement in the United States both at the federal and state levels
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Resetting global passwords
Enhancing processes to identify and block fraudulent emails
Modifying access policies
Conducting forensics with external security partners
Taking steps to identify and remove malware from its computers
Internally communicating with Coty employees and leadership to reemphasize the need for vigilance against such attacks
Reported this incident to law enforcement in the United States both at the federal and state levels
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures
Offering credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 6 · first

California State AGJul 6 · first

Montana State AGJul 6 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Coty-Inc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 6, 2018
Raw hash: 266ab5cc16c4cf982bc2e92e1bc4e7ebb2e195e6099e103f17d5ac7230076e7e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCOTY INC.

Victim entityCOTY INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 12, 2018

Stated responseResetting global passwords

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov