HackingPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.

bd_6c3036d8fedc2317 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 17, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

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

The Estee Lauder Companies notified Nebraska AG of a data breach involving its Oracle E-Business Suite HR system. Unauthorized access occurred on or around August 9, 2025. The breach exposed names, SSNs, passport numbers, financial account info, health data, and employment records. The company engaged Kroll for 24 months of identity monitoring and notified law enforcement. Notices were sent on July 17, 2026.

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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 17, 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 237 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecl0pbd_43a79f8803ec83502025-11-21 · +237dVerified

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_2fec812c019f031d2026-07-17Verified
Washington State AGbd_609ad332bd2107932026-07-17Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ed3611601cbbcae42026-07-17Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0591fad0aab37df12026-07-20 · +3dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 16d gap

Texas State AGbd_addb107ce7f347662026-07-21 · +4dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_eccf3e0cae9b9b662026-07-10 · +7dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_fea9064666f821a32026-07-01 · +16dCandidate

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

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Aug 9, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 17, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)Employment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Worked with leading outside cybersecurity experts to determine the nature and scope of the issue and impacted information
Notified law enforcement authorities
Put in place additional safeguards to further protect the system
Engaged the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for 24 months
Changes made: 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

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJul 1 · first

Vermont State AG+9d

California State AG+16d

Washington State AG+16d

Massachusetts State AG+16d

Nebraska State AG+16d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+19d

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/1ed4a176-8692-4101-acb3-9e529d77f901.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 17, 2026
Raw hash: 10bf388ce44180a09caadf712051e1cac32ee113ee2100c86e807dac090ce4b8

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 responseWorked with leading outside cybersecurity experts to determine the nature and scope of the issue and impacted information

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov