HackingStolen CredentialsBrute ForceCustomer Data InvolvedCREDENTIALSIDENTITY_BASICLowContained
The Straight Dope
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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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident
Source provenance
- 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 entity
- Name
- The Straight Dopenorm: the straight dope
- Domain
- straightdope.com
Victim entity
- Name
- The Straight Dopenorm: the straight dope
- Domain
- straightdope.com
Incident
- Discovered
- —
- 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
Compliance
- Compliance flags
- — (clock not assessable for this source)
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.