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Home Depot Says Hackers Grabbed 53 Million Email Addresses
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.
Exactly.
Also, to give you an idea of how bad these companies are at security and modern computing: We have to deal with Home Depot for EDI at my workplace. Home Depot requires the use of a specific Internet Explorer version 9.xx and Java builds that are 2+ years old to access their online EDI system. We can't even update our own computers because they are still stuck in 2009.
Don't give these people direct access to your bank accounts.