DisclosureLens
MisuseRetail & ConsumerRetailPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 15, 2012

Filed

Apr 16, 2012

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

36state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC. →4 incidents on file

Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of an insider threat incident where an employee accessed HR data (SSN, DL, financial info) starting Nov 2011. 1 NH resident was victimized; 35 others notified precautionarily. Home Depot terminated the employee, cooperated with law enforcement, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 135 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Nov 1, 2011

Begins

Mar 15, 2012

Discovered

Apr 16, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGApr 16 · first · this page
Massachusetts State AG+1d

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.