HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedCredentialsPIILowContained

HOT TOPIC

bd_63f6e56edc038212 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 21, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for HOT TOPIC →4 incidents on file

Hot Topic, Inc. notified the NH AG of suspicious login activity on July 3 and 6, 2024 involving valid credentials from a third-party source. The incident was contained early. Three NH residents were notified on Oct 14, 2024. No unauthorized access was confirmed.

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Incident timeline

Jul 3, 2024

Begins

Oct 21, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_16adfe82d081b3ae2024-10-14 · +7dCandidate

Name: HOT TOPIC
norm: hot topic
Domain: hottopic.com

Name: HOT TOPIC
norm: hot topic
Domain: hottopic.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jul 3, 2024 – Jul 6, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: CredentialsPII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Working with outside cybersecurity experts
Implementing improvements to bot protection software
Updated each customer's online account to require the setting of a new password
Changes made: Implementing improvements to bot protection software designed to stop automated credential stuffing attacks
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGOct 14 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 14 (IN), last Oct 21 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/hot-topic-20241021.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 21, 2024
Raw hash: 96529455159497ba65bf2fb0a27c7b39b61322c13d4e58ef3b31c1e33c14cca5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHOT TOPIC

Victim entityHOT TOPIC

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseWorking with outside cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov