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Home Depot Says Hackers Grabbed 53 Million Email Addresses

Posted by samzenpus on from the reply-all dept.

wiredmikey writes Home Depot said on Thursday that hackers managed to access 53 million customer email addresses during the massive breach that was disclosed in September when the retail giant announced that 56 million customer payment cards were compromised in a cyber attack. The files containing the stolen email addresses did not contain passwords, payment card information or other sensitive personal information, the company said. The company also said that the hackers acquired elevated rights that allowed them to navigate portions of Home Depot's network and to deploy unique, custom-built malware on its self-checkout systems in the U.S. and Canada.

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  1. I would never give Home Depot my address... by mi · · Score: 5, Informative

    I do remember the face of a nice cashier lady in a rural Home Depot — she asked me to "sign up for free" and I refused. It genuinely offended her, though she remained professionally nice... Maybe, now she understands.

    And when you have to — or, despite the risks, want to — register with some company, always use an address like yourid+companyname-year@example.com. The nifty feature supported by most mail-servers will still deliver the message into your mbox, but you'll be able to block a particular address, when it gets stolen (or when the party you gave it to in the first place turns to spamming).

    GMail supports the feature, Yahoo! Mail might too.

    (Of course, owners of their own domains have the infinite supply of even nicer-looking addresses.)

    --
    In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
  2. LOL by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 4, Informative

    And they're a member of CurrentC who wants your bank account info, driver's license and SSN numbers. Who in their right mind would give the MCX or its members companies such info?

  3. Re:Okay then by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Glad that's over!

    It's not over.

    Which part of "Microsoft product" did Home Depot not understand?

    According to an Oct. 1, 2013, report prepared for Home Depot by consultant FishNet Security, the retailer left its computers vulnerable by switching off Symantec’s Network Threat Protection (NTP) firewall in favor of one packaged with Windows.

    http://www.businessweek.com/ar...