HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitEmployee Data InvolvedEmploymentFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 19, 2026

Filed

Jul 17, 2026

To disclose

28 days

Affected

336state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%

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

The Estee Lauder Companies disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving its Oracle E-Business Suite HR system. An unauthorized third party gained access on or around August 9, 2025, and the breach was discovered on June 19, 2026. Affected data included names, SSNs, passport numbers, financial account info, health info, and employment records. The company engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and provided 24 months of Kroll identity monitoring to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d28 days 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 · 314 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Aug 9, 2025

Begins

Jun 19, 2026

Discovered

Jul 17, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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
Nebraska State AGbd_6c3036d8fedc23172026-07-17Verified
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
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 19, 2026
Breach occurred: Aug 9, 2025
Undetected for: 314 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 17, 2026
Affected individuals: 336state-resident count only
Data types: EmploymentFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
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: Launched an investigation and worked with leading outside cybersecurity experts
Notified law enforcement authorities
Put in place additional safeguards to further protect the system
Engaged the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Changes made: Put in place additional safeguards to further protect the system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dMA AG ≤30d
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 · 8 filings · 8 states

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Illinois State AGJul 1 · first

Vermont State AG+9d

California State AG+16d

Washington State AG+16d

Nebraska State AG+16d

Massachusetts 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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-1179-the-estee-lauder-companies/download
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: f181170a6a240034010e7c0b19cad7d6d1f44290f652a29e3ee28ec8117aa1c2

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.

Victim entityTHE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 19, 2026

Stated responseLaunched an investigation and worked with leading outside cybersecurity experts

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov