Hot Topic, Inc.

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Hot Topic, Inc. on July 28, 2023. The breach occurred on February 7, 2023, due to unauthorized access, affecting 2,348 Washington residents and compromising information such as names, email addresses, order history, phone numbers, and mailing addresses. A notification to affected individuals is scheduled to be sent on July 31, 2023.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=15371

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/hot-topic

"id": "hot100072625",
"linkid": "hot-topic",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2348,
                        'industry': 'Retail',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Hot Topic, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Retail'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'customer_advisories': 'Notification to affected individuals scheduled on '
                        'July 31, 2023',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2348,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'email addresses',
                                                         'phone numbers',
                                                         'mailing addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'email addresses',
                                              'order history',
                                              'phone numbers',
                                              'mailing addresses']},
 'date_detected': '2023-07-28',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-07-28',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving Hot Topic, Inc. on July 28, 2023. The '
                'breach occurred on February 7, 2023, due to unauthorized '
                'access, affecting 2,348 Washington residents and compromising '
                'information such as names, email addresses, order history, '
                'phone numbers, and mailing addresses. A notification to '
                'affected individuals is scheduled to be sent on July 31, '
                '2023.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'order history',
                                 'phone numbers',
                                 'mailing addresses']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-07-28',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification to affected individuals '
                                        'scheduled on July 31, 2023'},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Hot Topic, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}