Breachesby GlyphThe Home Depot
Disclosed Sep 2, 201456,000,000 affectedSettled
Custom malware at Home Depot registers exposes 56 million payment cards
Home Depot confirmed a breach of its US and Canadian payment systems after banks traced stolen cards to its stores; unique custom malware present between April and September 2014 put about 56 million payment cards at risk.
What is known
| People affected | 56,000,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Sep 2, 2014 |
| Discovered | Sep 2014 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Payment cards |
| Sector | Retail · US |
| Status | Settled |
| Lawsuit or fine | USD 17.5M 46-state AG settlement (Nov 2020) (about $18M) |
Sources
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Other breaches at The Home Depot
History of this record
2014-09-08 to 2014-09-02by admin
confirmed to settledby admin
empty to 17500000by admin
empty to USD 17.5M 46-state AG settlement (Nov 2020)by admin
First recordedby seedSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research), confirmed by Research. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.