DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)BehaviorFinancial accountLowContained

HOT TOPIC

bd_f2c74f7617c5eb21 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 28, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for HOT TOPIC →4 incidents on file

Hot Topic, Inc. experienced a credential stuffing attack between November 18-19 and November 25, 2023, where unauthorized parties used valid account credentials obtained from a third-party source to access Hot Topic Rewards accounts. Affected data may include name, email, order history, phone number, birth month/day, and mailing address. Last four digits of saved payment cards were potentially visible. No evidence of data compromise was found, but customers were notified out of caution. Bot protection was deployed and passwords reset.

Incident timeline

Nov 18, 2023

Begins

Mar 28, 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
Washington State AG+27d
California State AG+27d · this page
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.