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'}