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Breach notice filed by Hot Topic, Inc. (July 2023)

Organization named: Hot Topic, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory

What the sources say

Washington Attorney General data breach notifications Primary notice

Posted on the Washington Attorney General data breach notifications with a submission date of July 28, 2023.

Organization as reported
Hot Topic, Inc.
Information types as reported
Name; Email Address and Password/Security Question Answers; Other
Incident dates as reported
Feb. 7, 2023
Submission date
July 28, 2023
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-19 04:56 UTC (revision 25888, page:15:row:47)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The listing records a filing with the agency; it is not a finding by the agency.

Washington data breach notifications dataset (data.wa.gov sb4j-ca4h) Duplicate filing

Posted on the Washington data breach notifications dataset with a submission date of July 28, 2023.

Organization as reported
Hot Topic, Inc.
Entity type as reported
Business
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access
Incident dates as reported
Feb. 7, 2023
Discovery date as reported
Feb. 7, 2023
Submission date
July 28, 2023
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-11-01 20:03 UTC (revision 63200, row:916)
Extraction
Parsed from a document; extraction confidence 0.85
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The listing records a filing with the agency; it is not a finding by the agency.

Figures, per source

  • 2,348 individuals affected (residents of the reporting state), according to the Washington Attorney General data breach notifications, source date July 28, 2023, revision observed 2026-10-19.
  • 2,348 individuals affected (residents of the reporting state), according to the Washington data breach notifications dataset, source date July 28, 2023, revision observed 2026-11-01.

Each figure is one source's figure with the basis that source gave. Figures from different sources are shown side by side and are not added, averaged or chosen between.

Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (Washington Attorney General data breach notifications)
  • Submission date (Washington data breach notifications dataset)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 25888)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 63200)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Hot Topic, Inc. Named as the filer Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-11-04, method manual.

Archived evidence

  • 264d45f73831ec8fc298837002b836f792a7cfd7f3d6b4d2128484a23223c042
    text/csv, 453,656 bytes, retrieved from Washington data breach notifications dataset, 2026-11-01 20:03 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page
  • 681db5a1d9737f9beb89c5014a7261595d10c34a77faaa49ac667e9be4110e16
    text/html, 153,878 bytes, retrieved from Washington Attorney General data breach notifications, 2026-10-19 04:56 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

Records reflect source filings as of the dates shown. BreachRecords is not a regulator.

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