Home Depot hacked and how to protect yourself for @HotspotShield

4 Sept 2014 · 1 min

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The segment reports that multiple banks have identified a new batch of stolen Home Depot credit and debit cards appearing on underground cyber‑crime markets, prompting Home Depot to confirm it is investigating unusual activity and cooperating with banks and law enforcement. Online security specialist Robert Siciliano of Hotspot Shield suggests the breach likely stems from a flaw or vulnerability in Home Depot’s servers that allowed attackers to skim millions of card numbers. Security analysts also note possible ties between this incident and the hacker groups previously linked to breaches at Target and P.F. Chang’s.

We're also following developing news. Home Depot, the latest retailer to investigate a possible credit card data breach. Multiple banks reporting that a new batch of stolen credit and debit cards used in the home improvement retailer's stores just went on sale in the underground cyber market this morning. Home Depot telling us it can only confirm that they're looking into some unusual activity and they're working with the banks and law enforcement to investigate the matter.
Robert Siciliano, an online security expert with Hotspot Shield, had this to say: Chances are there was a flaw or a vulnerability in Home Depot servers that allowed bad guys to penetrate their servers and allowed them to skim potentially millions of credit card numbers.
Security experts say the Home Depot data breach could be linked to hackers responsible for breaches at Target and P.F. Chang's.