Home Depot Security Breach Attack
Home depot was the latest in the chain of large companies under a cyber attack targeted at their payment terminals, where a security breach left approximately 56 million credit and debit card.
Home depot security breach attack. Yesterday, an article was discussing the fact that the risks of hacking were clear to computer experts inside home depot, that home depot relied on outdated software to protect its network […] Home depot has revealed more details about the extent of the data breach it suffered this summer, noting that 53 million email addresses were stolen along with the previously disclosed 56 million credit and debit card details. In 2015, target agreed to pay $10 million in a settlement over a data breach it suffered in 2013 that affected 40 million cards.
They're the world's largest home improvement retailer. The retailer says 56 million cards may be affected by its security breach. It’s been an expensive cleanup.
Home depot planned to move to endpoint protection 12 but hadn’t made the transition by the time the breach is thought to have started, say the three people familiar with the company’s security. As a result of the data breach at home depot, intruders obtained the names, payment card numbers, expiration dates and security codes of more than 40 million individuals between april 10, 2014 and september 13, 2014. The breach was first reported by security website krebsonsecurity almost a week ago.
On monday, home depot issued a public confirmation to reports that they've experienced a data breach impacting debit and credit cards. The apparent credit and debit card breach uncovered last week at home depot was aided in part by a new variant of the malicious software program that stole card account data from cash registers at. Security reporter brian krebs reported that a similar piece of malware is to blame in the home depot attack, indicating that it could even be the same group responsible for the target breach.
A s home depot continues to assess the damage caused by a security breach that gave hackers access to 56 million credit and debit cards, tech experts say large retailers should turn their. Because in april 2014, hackers found their way into home depot's security systems, and in the process, pulled off the biggest retail credit card breach in u.s. The breach, which compromised 56 million payment card across the u.s., still ranks among the biggest data breaches ever.
Home depot isn’t alone in blaming the supply chain for their breach. This is a preliminary report on the home depot’s security posture. The breach, which has cost $62 million, began in april and went undetected for several months.