Home Depot Security Breach Attack
Home Depot credit card security breach could cost 3B The company said the previously unknown variety of malware may have been in its payment systems from April to September of this year.
Home depot security breach attack. Home Depot isnt alone in blaming the supply chain for their breach. According to an in-depth case study the hackers were able to steal a third-party vendors credentials and used this as a way to enter the system. Home Depot is of course the second major retailer to blame the supply chain for their breach.
Targets headline-grabbing data breach was started through compromised HVAC vendor credentials showcasing poor network sequestration and vetting processes. And Canada affected 56 million debit and credit cards far more than a pre-Christmas 2013 attack. The breach which has cost 62 million began in April and went undetected for several months.
New allegations have emerged about information security practices at Home Depot in the wake of the retailer confirming that it suffered a data breach. In 2015 Target agreed to pay 10 million in a settlement over a data breach it suffered in 2013 that affected 40 million cards. The theft of payment card information has become a common issue in todays society.
The hackers were then able to use the zero-day vulnerability in Windows to pivot directly into the Home Depot corporate network. Home Depot said that 56 million cards were impacted by the incident. Home Depot said Thursday that a data breach that lasted for months at its stores in the US.
Media outlets reported that the breach had affected Home Depots customers who had made purchases using the companys self-checkout terminals. On September 8 Home Depot confirmed that it had joined the growing ranks of American companies targeted by a cyber-attack - and that the customer data. This is 16 million more cards than Target making the Home Depot breach the largest in history.
The Home Depot Data Breach. The use of stolen third-party vendor credentials and RAM scraping. That list is expected to grow even longer.