Home Depot experienced a significant cybersecurity breach between April and September 2014, which impacted 52 million customers. This incident involved attackers gaining access to the company's network through a third-party vendor's compromised login credentials. Subsequently, they deployed malware on Home Depot's point-of-sale (POS) system to collect payment information from customers. As a result, Home Depot incurred a total cost of $215 million related to the breach, including a settlement of $17.5 million to resolve claims from across the country. This event underlines the critical need for stringent cybersecurity measures, especially concerning third-party vendors and the protection of POS systems from malware attacks.
Source: https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/10-major-retail-industry-cyber-attacks/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/the-home-depot
"id": "the914050624",
"linkid": "the-home-depot",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "09/2014",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '52 million',
'industry': 'Retail',
'location': 'USA',
'name': 'Home Depot',
'size': 'Large',
'type': 'Corporation'}],
'attack_vector': 'Compromised third-party vendor credentials',
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
'number_of_records_exposed': '52 million',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Payment information'},
'date_detected': 'September 2014',
'description': 'Home Depot experienced a significant cybersecurity breach '
'between April and September 2014, which impacted 52 million '
'customers. This incident involved attackers gaining access to '
"the company's network through a third-party vendor's "
'compromised login credentials. Subsequently, they deployed '
"malware on Home Depot's point-of-sale (POS) system to collect "
'payment information from customers. As a result, Home Depot '
'incurred a total cost of $215 million related to the breach, '
'including a settlement of $17.5 million to resolve claims '
'from across the country.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Payment information',
'financial_loss': '215 million',
'legal_liabilities': '17.5 million settlement',
'payment_information_risk': 'High',
'systems_affected': 'POS system'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Third-party vendor credentials'},
'lessons_learned': 'Stringent cybersecurity measures are critical, especially '
'concerning third-party vendors and the protection of POS '
'systems from malware attacks.',
'motivation': 'Financial gain',
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Compromised third-party vendor '
'credentials'},
'regulatory_compliance': {'legal_actions': 'Settlement of $17.5 million'},
'title': 'Home Depot Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Malware on POS system'}