HackingTelecom & MediaInformationStolen CredentialsBrute ForceCustomer Data InvolvedCredentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Straight Dope

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 9, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Straight Dope →

Straight Dope LLC disclosed that its message board forum was hacked, resulting in the acquisition of usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords. The breach occurred on December 15, 2013. The company notified users on January 7, 2014, advising them to change passwords. No SSNs or credit card numbers were involved.

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Incident timeline

Dec 15, 2013

Begins

Jan 9, 2014

Filed

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

Name: The Straight Dope
norm: the straight dope
Domain: straightdope.com

Name: The Straight Dope
norm: the straight dope
Domain: straightdope.com
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Dec 15, 2013
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 7, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: CredentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1110 Brute Force
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Working with law enforcement officials
Conducting our own investigations
Taking several steps to prevent unauthorized access to our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-43757
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 9, 2014
Raw hash: a174937bf9bb4c06e45148d2debde7dd69ca61d6fc3b6f6fa7016e4b5bdb7514

Reporting entityThe Straight Dope

Victim entityThe Straight Dope

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseWorking with law enforcement officials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov