Home Depot data breach News

Home Depot Settles Consumer Lawsuit for $13M Over Data Breach

Home Depot Inc has agreed to pay $13 million to compensate consumers affected by a massive 2014 data breach in which payment card or other personal data was stolen from more than 50 million people. The home improvement retailer also …

Home Depot Breach Costs Ohio Credit Unions $1.3M

The Credit Union National Association says the breach of customer data at Home Depot earlier this year cost Ohio credit unions more than a million dollars. The Columbus Dispatch reports Ohio credit unions spent $1.3 million handling the data breach, …

Home Depot Breach Will Likely Fuel Card and Account Fraud

Home Depot Inc.’s data breach, which put about 56 million payment cards at risk, has fed fraudulent transactions that in some cases have drained money from customer bank accounts, the Wall Street Journal reported. Stolen information on credit and debit …

Home Depot Confirms Payment System Was Hacked

Home Depot Inc., the largest home- improvement chain, confirmed that hackers infiltrated its computer systems at stores in the U.S. and Canada. While payment systems were breached, there is no evidence that debit-card PINs have been compromised, the company said …