Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 BOSTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc Thursday said some 56 million payment cards were likely compromised in a cyberattack at its stores, suggesting the hacking attack at the home improvement chain was larger than last year's unprecedented breach at Target Corp . Home Depot, in providing the first clues to how much the breach would cost, said that so far it has estimated costs of $62 million. But it indicated that costs could reach much higher. It will take months to determine the full scope of the fraud, which affected Home Depot stores in both the United States and Canada and ran from April to September. Retailer Target incurred costs of $148 million in its second fiscal quarter related to its breach. Target hackers stole at least 40 million payment card numbers and 70 million other pieces of customer data. Home Depot said that criminals used unique, custom-built software that had not been seen in previous attacks and was designed to evade detection in its most complete account of what had happened since it first disclosed the breach on Sept. 8. The company said that the hackers’ method of entry has been closed off, the malware eliminated from its network, and that it had rolled out "enhanced encryption of payment data" to all U.S. stores. "We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and anxiety this has caused and want to reassure them that they will not be liable for fraudulent charges," Chief Executive Frank Blake said in a statement. Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/home-depot-says-56-million-card-details-likely-204457103--sector.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
betarixx 1 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Smh hire me b---hes I'm getting a Master's in this eventually Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 Smh hire me b---hes I'm getting a Master's in this eventually Master's in what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
betarixx 1 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Master's in what? Computer security and algorithmic cryptography Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab 4 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Computer security and algorithmic cryptography wut... Slay, tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
betarixx 1 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 wut... Slay, tbh. I'll be able to (hopefully) decrypt servers and access both symmetric and public (as well as private) keys and look through data that may be necessary Or read through the code as well as create varying algorithmic programs to guess passwords and help companies against security threats like this As you can tell I'm a bit of a geek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 Computer security and algorithmic cryptography Wow, that's awesome. Better hack Gag'z computer and release PARTYNAUSEOUS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
betarixx 1 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Wow, that's awesome. Better hack Gag'z computer and release PARTYNAUSEOUS I was debating on at least getting ha iCloud email or Bobby's so I could script a little something to snoop around a biT but I'm too lazy and have too much for school as is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoop 628 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Computer security and algorithmic cryptography iconic major tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
betarixx 1 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 iconic major tbh It's actually a subcategory of computer science, another iconic major if you will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoop 628 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 It's actually a subcategory of computer science, another iconic major if you will oh. i'll just take me and my basic social work major and leave. in all honesty, best of luck to you. sounds difficult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
betarixx 1 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 oh. i'll just take me and my basic social work major and leave. in all honesty, best of luck to you. sounds difficult. I was in psychology but I couldn't handle it since I honestly didn't have the proper motivation to be that kind of person, as awful as that sounds. So kudos to you on that And thanks I love it I pretty much talk to a computer all day and tell it what to do I couldn't be happier Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disregard 50 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 They announced this on September 8th? I can't believe I didn't hear about it. I work for their largest competitor. :toofloppy: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probglum 824 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I was debating on at least getting ha iCloud email or Bobby's so I could script a little something to snoop around a biT but I'm too lazy and have too much for school as is OMG DO IT!!! i'm a mess My name is yours! What's Probglum? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
betarixx 1 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 OMG DO IT!!! i'm a mess Sorry I have Chem HW as well as Calc to do so I cba to do it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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