Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX) Data Breach - Verified
On May 18, 2017, the entertainment prediction market Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX) (hsx.com) submitted a formal data breach notification to the California Department of Justice (Office of the Attorney General).
Exposed Data Types
3- Usernames
- Passwords
- Email addresses
About This Breach
In the official regulatory filing, HSX confirmed that unauthorized actors had gained access to user login credentials on or before May 4, 2017, prompting an immediate site-wide password reset. A corresponding credential dataset containing approximately 237,678 accounts with usernames, email addresses, and passwords was subsequently identified on threat forums. The breach is authoritatively verified via official regulatory filings.
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