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HOT TOPIC

bd_d7d4d27d0a0a5354 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 18, 2023

Filed

Mar 1, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

Withheld by the regulator

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for HOT TOPIC →4 incidents on file

HOT TOPIC, INC filed a data-breach notice with the Illinois Attorney General in March 2024 (case 24-03-102). The register records the breach as discovered on November 18, 2023. Illinois does not publish the number of people affected — 815 ILCS 530/10 permits the Attorney General to publish only the entity name, the types of personal information and the date range.

Incident timeline

Nov 18, 2023

Discovered

Mar 1, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGMar 1 · first · this page
California State AG+27d
Washington State AG+27d
Oregon State AG+28d

Pattern: first filing Mar 1 (IL), last Mar 29 (OR) — a 28-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.