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HackingRetail & ConsumerManufacturingCustomer Data InvolvedPIIGovernment IDMedium

THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.

bd_a9dea68820cb2a8e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 20, 2023

Filed

Oct 19, 2023

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

31 in this filing

Linked

3 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. →6 incidents on file

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, which was discovered on September 20, 2023, and occurred between May 30, 2023, and June 1, 2023. The breach was an external system breach (hacking) that affected one Maine resident, compromising their name and Driver's License or Non-Driver Identification Card Number. The company offered the affected individual two years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Kroll.

Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d29 days discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 113 days
discovery → filing · 29 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

Sep 20, 2023

Discovered

Oct 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by cl0p about this victim was first seen 92 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Washington State AGOct 18 · first
Maine State AG+1d · this page

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.