MisuseRetail & ConsumerRetailPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 14, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

117

Confidence

67%

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

The Home Depot notified the NH AG that three terminated HR employees misused employee data. 40 additional Virginia residents were identified, bringing the total to 117 affected. Data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial accounts. Notification sent March 11, 2014. Investigation ongoing with Secret Service.

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Incident timeline

Feb 7, 2011

Begins

Mar 14, 2014

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed117 affectedView incident

Name: Winston & Strawn LLP
norm: winston strawn

Name: HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.
norm: home depot usa
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2011
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 11, 2014
Affected individuals: 117nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Secret ServiceNotified Attorney General Joseph Foster
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Conducting a thorough internal investigation
Working closely with appropriate government authorities
Arranged for 12 months of identity protection from AllClear ID at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/home-depot-20140314.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 14, 2014
Raw hash: 443c7b91560f5857f45f995d7dd873ae1c3762a40ac22a79669da1d58f083901

Reporting entityWinston & Strawn LLP

Victim entityHOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.

IncidentInsider

Stated responseConducting a thorough internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov