In 2014, Home Depot experienced a major security breach that compromised over 50 million credit cards. Cybercriminals exploited a third-party vendor’s credentials to access the network and install malware on point-of-sale systems. As customers swiped their credit cards at physical stores, their data was clandestinely captured by the attackers, posing serious privacy and financial risks.
Source: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/10-biggest-cyber-crimes-and-data-breaches-till-date/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/the-home-depot
"id": "the423051424",
"linkid": "the-home-depot",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2014",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Over 50 million',
'industry': 'Home Improvement',
'location': 'United States',
'name': 'Home Depot',
'size': 'Large',
'type': 'Retail'}],
'attack_vector': 'Third-party vendor credentials exploitation',
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
'number_of_records_exposed': 'Over 50 million',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Credit card information'},
'description': 'In 2014, Home Depot experienced a major security breach that '
'compromised over 50 million credit cards. Cybercriminals '
'exploited a third-party vendor’s credentials to access the '
'network and install malware on point-of-sale systems. As '
'customers swiped their credit cards at physical stores, their '
'data was clandestinely captured by the attackers, posing '
'serious privacy and financial risks.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Credit card information',
'payment_information_risk': 'High',
'systems_affected': 'Point-of-sale systems'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Third-party vendor credentials'},
'motivation': 'Financial gain',
'title': 'Home Depot Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Credentials exploitation'}