HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedPCIFinancial accountPIILowContained

THE HOME DEPOT, INC.

bd_586c8f79caea698a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 2, 2014

Filed

Sep 10, 2014

To disclose

8 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 payment data systems affecting customers in U.S. and Canadian stores from April 2014 onwards. The breach was discovered on September 2, 2014, after reports from banking partners and law enforcement. Compromised data included payment card information. The company engaged forensic firms and the Secret Service, and offered credit monitoring to affected customers.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 154 days

discovery → filing · 8 days

Apr 1, 2014

Begins

Sep 2, 2014

Discovered

Sep 10, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_24f23ee1f91c13b32014-09-09 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_2ed5752bdd11b0ec2014-09-09 · +1dCandidate

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

Name: THE HOME DEPOT, INC.
norm: the home depot
Domain: homedepot.com
Industry: Retail
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 accountPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Office of Consumer Protection
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Working with leading IT security firms
Working with banking partners
Working with the Secret Service
Taking aggressive steps to address the malware
Offering free identity protection services, including credit monitoring
Changes made: Roll 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: 8 days(8 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGSep 9 · first

California State AGSep 9 · first

Hawaii State AG+1d · this page

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://web.archive.org/web/20211024101019id_/https://cca.hawaii.gov/ocp/files/2015/12/OCP-2014-0839.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 10, 2014
Raw hash: 9552cf0814d542f3a9da27cb02afcac7dc23ae8cf5592d8827c6ae2b8457a85e

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 with leading IT security firms

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceweb.archive.org