HackingManufacturingTechnologyManufacturingMulti-Stage ChainData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 24, 2023

Filed

Jun 30, 2025

To disclose

22 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Johnson Controls notified consumers of a cyber incident discovered in September 2023 involving unauthorized access to its network from February to September 2023. The incident resulted in the exfiltration of 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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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday22 months 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 · 235 days

discovery → filing · 22 months / 645 days

Feb 1, 2023

Begins

Sep 24, 2023

Discovered

Sep 27, 2023

Scope determined

Jun 30, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+81 wks slower

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Iowa State AGbd_26c3ced2ff25f41e2025-06-30Verified
California State AGbd_5284e02cf7bdc3ab2025-06-30Verified
Delaware State AGbd_5dff2cf2bc9347e12025-06-30Verified
Washington State AGbd_6d51e51d4fab12b02025-06-30Verified

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Montana State AGbd_b3d1bc45d49337412025-06-30Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_ef10c9b1f96618922025-06-30Verified
Texas State AGbd_06db4aad939182842025-07-01 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_0c4d9314febaae6a2025-07-01 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_f42e2ab3511b79722025-07-01 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3286138d472476882025-07-07 · +7dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

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

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

Discovered: Sep 24, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2023
Undetected for: 235 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Sep 27, 2023
Notification sent: Jun 30, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
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
Publicly disclosed the incident in filings on September 27, 2023; November 13, 2023; and December 14, 2023
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: 22 months(645 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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 · 11 filings · 11 states

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Iowa State AGJun 30 · first

California State AGJun 30 · first

Delaware State AGJun 30 · first

Washington State AGJun 30 · first

Montana State AGJun 30 · first

Indiana State AGJun 30 · first

Vermont State AGJun 30 · first · this page

Texas State AG+1d

Illinois State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jun 30 (IA), last Jul 7 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-06-30-johnson-controls-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 30, 2025
Raw hash: 756bff98dff12d40f0ff2a4019ab11cfcb1e36f0f2d05d85bccf2ae0d8b1067d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · 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

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov