Hot Topic
- Watch your card and bank statements for unfamiliar charges, and consider requesting a new card number.
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
What is the Hot Topic data breach?
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,...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around October 2024.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 56,904,909 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Names, Partial credit card data, Phone numbers, Physical addresses and Purchases.
What should I do if I was affected?
Watch your card and bank statements for unfamiliar charges, and consider requesting a new card number. Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.