Thursday, September 18, 2014

Home Depot Hack Could Be Largest Ever: 56 Million Credit Cards At Risk

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Home Depot has announced the amount of credit cards potentially affected in a cyberattack between April and September 2014: 56 million.


While the company hasn't said how many credit card numbers were actually stolen — as opposed to at risk — that figure is significantly larger than the 40 million credit cards stolen in the massive security breach at Target last December.



The Atlanta-based home improvement retailer said Thursday it has eliminated the malware behind the attacks, which it also said was a kind of malware not previously seen in other attacks. The company is offering identity protection services and credit monitoring to anyone affected by the breach Read more...


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