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Largest retail breach in history: 350 Million "Hot Topic" customers’ personal & payment data exposed — as a result of infostealer infection. (www.infostealers.com)
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[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

How the fuck does Hot Topic even have 350 million customers?

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago

They own Hot Topic, Box Lunch and Torrid, and at least 2 or 3 more smaller companies.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Pleather sold real well in the 90s.