Home Depot credit cards: chain confirms breach, fraud spikes

The world’s largest home improvement chain store, Home Depot, yesterday confirmed a data breach affecting Home Depot credit cards and debit cards used in stores on the American mainland, which may have continued since April.

Reports by security reporter Brian Krebs and others have said that the malware used in the attack was the same used in the Target breach, and that large-scale fraud is being perpetrated with stolen debit cards, with $300,000 withdrawn from one bank in under two hours, using what appeared to be debit card numbers used in Home Depot.

Home Depot credit cards: chain confirms breach, fraud spikes