The Clorox Company has some cleaning up to do as some of its IT systems remain offline and operations "temporarily impaired" following a security breach.

In a filing Monday to the SEC, America's financial watchdog, the cleaning giant disclosed "unauthorized activity" in its networks.

The intrusion continues to disrupt "parts of the company's business operations," and it is "working diligently to respond to and address this issue, and is also coordinating with law enforcement," according to the Form 8-K submission.

The manufacturer has also hired third-party cybersecurity firms to help probe the mess and aid in the IT scrubbing efforts. 

Clorox, whose brands include Glad, Tilex, Pine-Sol, Liquid-Plumr, and several other household and personal-care products, declined to answer any of The Register's specific questions about the bleach breach, including whether the intruders made off with any purloined data. 

Instead, a spokesperson emailed us a statement that essentially repeats the SEC report in accounting the "recently identified unusual activity."

The statement continued:

While we don't know when the break-in happened, or how long it took for Clorox to spot the hack, we anticipate learning more in the near future.

"The investigation into the nature and scope of the incident remains ongoing and is in its very early stages," the Clorox spokesperson said. "Our team is working diligently to restore systems safely and quickly, and we will ensure all suppliers and customers are updated as appropriate." ®

PS: US House Representative Don Bacon (R-NE) has said the suspected Chinese snoops who broke into Microsoft's email cloud and accessed US government messages, also broke into his personal and political inboxes.

"I thank the FBI for notifying me that the CCP hacked into my personal and campaign emails from May 15 to June 16 of this year," he said.

https://www.theregister.com//2023/08/15/clorox_cleans_up_security_breach/