DisclosureLens
MisuseRetail & ConsumerRetailPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

May 27, 2014

To disclose

Affected · nationwide

30,0001 in this filing

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.4 incidents on file

Home Depot notified NH AG of an insider incident (May 7-21, 2014) where a terminated employee misused authorized access to steal credit card data from ~30,000 accounts, including 1 NH resident. Data included names, addresses, DOBs, and card numbers. No SSN/PIN/CVV. Home Depot terminated the employee, cooperated with law enforcement, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

May 7, 2014

Begins

May 27, 2014

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed30,000 affectedView incident

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.