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%

Full breach record for HOT TOPIC →4 incidents on file

Hot Topic, Inc. notified Washington AG of a data breach involving credential stuffing attacks on Hot Topic Rewards accounts. Unauthorized parties used stolen credentials to access customer data including names, emails, order history, and addresses. 2,348 Washington residents were affected. Notifications sent July 31, 2023.

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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

+17 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 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
Breach occurred: 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