Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-09-02 00:00:00
Affected organization: The Home Depot
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Retail Trade
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Sensors
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Home Depot confirms that thieves compromised the payment systems in its 2,200 stores in the US and Canada and stole credit and debit card data. Home Depot believes that 56 million credit cards were compromised by criminals.