Home Depot

In 2014, Home Depot experienced a massive data breach compromising over 50 million credit card records. Thieves obtained access through a third-party vendor’s credentials, installing malware on point-of-sale systems and enabling the theft of customer credit card information during transactions.

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": "the427051424",
"linkid": "the-home-depot",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2014",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Over 50 million',
                        'industry': 'Retail',
                        'name': 'Home Depot',
                        'type': 'Retailer'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Third-party vendor credentials',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Over 50 million',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Credit card information'},
 'date_detected': '2014',
 'description': 'In 2014, Home Depot experienced a massive data breach '
                'compromising over 50 million credit card records. Thieves '
                'obtained access through a third-party vendor’s credentials, '
                'installing malware on point-of-sale systems and enabling the '
                'theft of customer credit card information during '
                'transactions.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Credit card information',
            'systems_affected': 'Point-of-sale systems'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Third-party vendor credentials'},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'threat_actor': 'Thieves',
 'title': 'Home Depot Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Malware installation on point-of-sale systems'}