In the post on BreachForums, seen by TechCrunch, Satanic is now offering the database for $3,500.
The nature of the security incident that led to the breach is unknown. According to a report from Hudson Rock, the threat actor may have leveraged credentials stolen via infostealer malware to steal credentials for an analytics platform used by Hot Topic to access the retailer’s cloud environments.
It doesn’t appear that Hot Topic has yet notified customers or state offices of attorneys general about the data breach.