Home Depot

Home Depot

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'}
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