MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

THE HOME DEPOT, INC.

bd_2ed5752bdd11b0ec · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 2, 2014

Filed

Sep 9, 2014

To disclose

7 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for THE HOME DEPOT, INC. →9 incidents on file

The Home Depot confirmed a breach of its payment data systems affecting U.S. and Canadian stores from April 2014 onward. The incident involved malware that captured payment card information, including names, card numbers, expiration dates, and CVVs. The company detected the intrusion on September 2, 2014, after reports from banking partners and law enforcement. No debit PINs were compromised. The Home Depot offered free identity protection services to affected customers and accelerated the rollout of EMV chip technology.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 2, 2014 → Notified Sep 8, 20146d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 154 days

discovery → filing · 7 days

Apr 1, 2014

Begins

Sep 2, 2014

Discovered

Sep 9, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_24f23ee1f91c13b32014-09-09Verified
Hawaii State AGbd_586c8f79caea698a2014-09-10 · +1dVerified

Name: THE HOME DEPOT, INC.
norm: the home depot
Domain: homedepot.com

Name: THE HOME DEPOT, INC.
norm: the home depot
Domain: homedepot.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 2, 2014
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2014
Undetected for: 154 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 8, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Received reports from banking partners and law enforcementWorking with the Secret Service

During the incident: Working around the clock with leading IT security firms, banking partners and the Secret Service
Offering free identity protection services, including credit monitoring, to any customer who used a payment card at a Home Depot store in 2014, from April on
Rolling out EMV 'Chip and PIN' to all U.S. stores by the end of this year
Changes made: Taken aggressive steps to address the malware and protect customer data
Rolling out EMV 'Chip and PIN' to all U.S. stores by the end of this year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 6d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Sep 2, 2014
→ Notified: Sep 8, 2014
6d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 2, 2014 → Notified: Sep 8, 2014	6d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGSep 9 · first

California State AGSep 9 · first · this page

Hawaii 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.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-46534
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 9, 2014
Raw hash: a3cbaac000e7fa0706df069434b92005db4b5aa5b848c72acb969714f2ed5cc5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE HOME DEPOT, INC.

Victim entityTHE HOME DEPOT, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 2, 2014

Stated responseWorking around the clock with leading IT security firms, banking partners and the Secret Service

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov