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HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedCredentialsLowContained

REDDIT, INC.

bd_2849fc4adc933721 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 19, 2018

Filed

Sep 4, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for REDDIT, INC. →2 incidents on file

Reddit, Inc. disclosed that an attacker gained access to account credentials (usernames and salted password hashes) from 2007. The breach occurred on June 14, 2018, and was discovered on June 19, 2018. Reddit notified affected users and required password resets for those whose credentials were compromised. No financial data or personal identifiable information beyond credentials was reported as affected.

California clockDiscovered Jun 19, 2018 → Notified Jun 19, 20180d ✓ CA 60-day OK11 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days
discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

Jun 14, 2018

Begins

Jun 19, 2018

Discovered

Sep 4, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.