HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainAuthenticationIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

HOT TOPIC

bd_a0d22601b4e051cd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 7, 2023

Filed

Jul 28, 2023

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

2,348state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

All records for HOT TOPIC →4 incidents on file

Account takeover notice

HOT TOPIC notified customers of unauthorized access to their accounts. The filing says: “Following a careful investigation, we determined that unauthorized parties launched automated attacks against our website and mobile application on February 7, March 11, May 19-21, May 27-28, and June 18-21, 2023, using valid account credentials (e.g., email addresses and passwords) obtained from an unknown third-party source.”

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d24 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 171 days

Feb 7, 2023

Begins

Feb 7, 2023

Discovered

Jul 28, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_abcff497b5ca93712023-07-31 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_f10f481778c00ae82023-07-31 · +3dVerified

Name: HOT TOPIC
norm: hot topic

Name: HOT TOPIC
norm: hot topic
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 7, 2023
Account access: Feb 7, 2023 – Jun 21, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 31, 2023
Affected individuals: 2,348state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched a forensic investigation
Engaged experienced third-party experts
Implemented specific steps to safeguard our website and mobile application from automated credential stuffing attacks, including deploying bot protection software
Changes made: Deploying bot protection software designed to stop such attacks
Evaluating additional measures to further enhance the protection of your personal information and accounts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(171 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Washington State AGJul 28 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+3d

California State AG+3d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM15371.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2023
Raw hash: e2c836a09a372533295df3023ac94dffee813bd8209d09a97b3fbde3783a3fc7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHOT TOPIC

Victim entityHOT TOPIC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 7, 2023

Stated responseLaunched a forensic investigation

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com