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Krebs on Security broke a story about Home Depot being breached, with an update stating that the banks believe the breach goes as far back as late April/early May.
Multiple banks say they are seeing evidence that Home Depot stores may be the source of a massive new batch of stolen credit and debit cards that went on sale this morning in the cybercrime underground. Home Depot says that it is working with banks and law enforcement agencies to investigate reports of suspicious activity.
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In what can only be interpreted as intended retribution for U.S. and European sanctions against Russia for its aggressive actions in Ukraine, this crime shop has named its newest batch of cards “American Sanctions.” Stolen cards issued by European banks that were used in compromised US store locations are being sold under a new batch of cards labeled “European Sanctions.”
Home Depot's stock price also took a dive when the news was released.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 04 2014, @06:18PM
Home Depot says they will offer free credit monitoring and protection services to all customers who ask:
Credit monitoring is just a PR move. It doesn't actually stop any abuse, just tells you about it after the fact. You still have to go through all the hassle of cleaning up afterwards. The companies selling credit monitoring are making a killing off these events but the utility for anyone who actually gets targeted is minimal. If they were serious they would cover the expenses (time and money) of anyone who has to clear the fraud off their record.