Hot Topic Data Breach

What happened?

In October 2024, retailer Hot Topic suffered a data breach that exposed 57 million unique email addresses . The impacted data also included physical addresses, phone numbers, purchases, genders, dates of birth and partial credit data containing card type, expiry and last 4 digits.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is October 19, 2024. The record was added to the catalogue on November 11, 2024 and last updated there on November 11, 2024.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Names
• Partial credit card data
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Purchases
• Salutations

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Hot Topic or used hottopic.com around October 19, 2024. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.