Home Depot Security Breach Attack. Home depot offered an update on its breach investigation sept. States have reached a settlement over the mammoth 2014 home depot breach that will net them $17.5 million, plus an agreement from the home improvement retailer to strengthen its data security practices.
Home depot has confirmed via their corporate website that their payment systems were breached. The malware had not been seen previously in other attacks, according to home depot’s security partners. Because in april 2014, hackers found their way into home depot's security systems, and in the process, pulled off the biggest retail credit card breach in u.s.
Home depot is in the process of advising affected customers.
The company also said it had eliminated the malware behind the attack. The breach, which compromised 56 million payment card across the u.s., still ranks among the biggest data breaches ever. Home depot is in the process of advising affected customers. The apparent credit and debit card breach uncovered last week at home depot was aided in part by a new variant of the malicious software program that stole card account data from cash registers at.