HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

HOT TOPIC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 31, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for HOT TOPIC →4 incidents on file

Hot Topic, Inc. notified consumers of a data security incident involving unauthorized parties launching automated credential stuffing attacks against its website and mobile application between February 7 and June 21, 2023. The attackers used valid account credentials obtained from an unknown third-party source. Potentially accessed information included name, email address, order history, phone number, birth month/day, and mailing address. Only the last four digits of saved payment cards were potentially visible. Hot Topic engaged cybersecurity experts, deployed bot protection, and urged customers to reset passwords.

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Incident timeline

Feb 7, 2023

Begins

Jul 31, 2023

Filed

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_abcff497b5ca93712023-07-31Verified
Washington State AGbd_a0d22601b4e051cd2023-07-28 · +3dCandidate

Name: HOT TOPIC
norm: hot topic

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

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2023 – Jun 21, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Working with outside cybersecurity experts
Implemented specific steps to safeguard our website and mobile application from automated credential stuffing attacks
Deploying bot protection software designed to stop such attacks
Sent an email with instructions on resetting your Hot Topic account password
Changes made: Evaluating additional measures to further enhance the protection of your personal information and accounts
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Washington State AGJul 28 · first

Oregon State AG+3d

California State AG+3d · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-571054
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 31, 2023
Raw hash: e93126d095511777abee16fcbb3fa639ed39d4ed2efd6c8ef3c0a9e969ea3ba7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHOT TOPIC

Victim entityHOT TOPIC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseWorking with outside cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov