Clorox cyber-attack costs $49 million
Clorox said the 2023 cyber-attack cost it $49 million. The attack also set back its efforts towards its 2030 plastic and waste reduction targets. Clorox later sued its outsourced IT services provider over the hack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Clorox
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- $49 million in costs and setbacks to environmental targets
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- Clorox said the 2023 cyber-attack had cost it $49 million.
- Clorox said the cyber-attack had set back its efforts towards its 2030 plastic and waste reduction targets.
- It emerged that Clorox had sued its outsourced IT services provider over the hack.
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Clorox cyber-attack disrupts inventory and service, causes financial losses
Impact: Disruption to inventory and service, and financial losses
Clorox was hit by a cyber-attack in August 2023 that disrupted its inventory and service levels and caused financial losses. In May 2024, as recovery continued, it lowered its sales outlook, and that same month it worked to normalise inventory and service levels. In October, the chief executive described the recovery process following the attack.
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