Home Depot Says Hack Put 56 Million Credit and Debit Cards at Risk

When Home Depot Confirmed that, its In-Store Payments Systems were Hacked, the One Juicy Morsel it Didn't Disclose was How Many People May Have been Affected. Well, the Company Finally Patched the Issue and 'fessed Up: Some 56 Million Payment Cards are at Risk so, Please Keep an Eye on your Statements if you've Shopped at a North American Home Depot between April and September. Just to Put this Whole Thing into Perspective, Remember the Gigantic Data Breach that Target Got Slammed with over the Holidays ? That Time Only (!) 40 Million Credit and Debit Cards were at Risk, though Millions More Customers May Have had Other Personal Information Compromised. The Culprit in Both Cases was a Bit of Malware that had been Introduced to the Companies' Payment Systems but, despite Earlier Reports that the 2 Strains were Related, Home Depot Says the Stuff that Hit it "had not been seen previously in other attacks".




Info Sources:

https://twitter.com/AP/status/512703354112204800

http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/IROL/63/63646/HD_Data_Update_II_9-18-14.pdf