Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)FinancialLowContained

COTY INC.

bd_ffa8a6399c145ac2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 12, 2018

Filed

Jul 6, 2018

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for COTY INC. →

Coty, Inc. disclosed that hackers used phishing techniques to access employee email accounts in January and February 2018. The company became aware of the incident on January 12, 2018. The attackers primarily targeted corporate financial information, but personal details of customers and employees may have been exposed. Coty contained the incident, reset passwords, enhanced email security processes, and engaged forensic experts. Credit monitoring services were offered to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 12, 2018 → Notified Jul 1, 2018170d ✗ CA 60-day late25 weeks discovery → filing

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
Montana State AGbd_42a674d07db4cdb12018-07-06Candidate
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: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email CollectionT1078 Valid Accounts
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: Immediately took steps to stop the hackers
Initiated an investigation to understand what had happened and the extent of the breach
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: Resetting global passwords
Enhancing processes to identify and block fraudulent emails
Modifying access policies
Taking steps to identify and remove malware from its computers
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: CA 60-day late · 170d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 12, 2018
→ Notified: Jul 1, 2018
170d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 12, 2018 → Notified: Jul 1, 2018	170d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 6 · first

Montana State AGJul 6 · first

California 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-137727
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: c0826eafbada7c40c92590ff3b9e5d29654c7104211b0373e63395cc866e4b4f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCOTY INC.

Victim entityCOTY INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 12, 2018

Stated responseImmediately took steps to stop the hackers

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov