Home Depot: Hackers also stole 53M email addresses

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and SARAH SKIDMORE SELL

NEW YORK (AP) — Hackers stole 53 million email addresses in addition to customers' card data, Home Depot said Thursday.

The nation's largest home improvement chain had disclosed the massive, months-long breach of 56 million debit and credit cards in September.

Home Depot's breach surpassed Target's pre-Christmas 2013 data theft, which compromised 40 million credit and debit cards and hurt sales and profits. Since late last year, Michaels, SuperValu and Neiman Marcus have been among a string of retailers that have also reported breaches, though they were smaller.

While shoppers appear to have grown numb to the hacks, the breaches have forcing changes in retailing. Target's breach pushed banks, retailers and card companies to increase security by speeding the adoption of microchips in U.S. credit and debit cards, which supporters say are more secure. Home Depot reiterated Thursday that it will be activating chip-enabled checkout terminals at all of its U.S. stores by the end of the year.

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In this Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 photo, a Home Depot sign is shown in Nashville, Tenn. The Home Depot Inc. said Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, that hackers stole 53 million email addresses in addition to the payment card data it previously disclosed. It says the hackers accessed its network from a third-party vendor. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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[AZ Progressive]

1. Time to start using cash again

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

2. I wonder how this affects Paypal transactions?

[Historic NY]

3. Guess that explains the spam e-mails phishing for

info. They are using the hack to get info on credit checks.

[whereisjustice]

4. People shouldn't give their emails out at the cash register. Very bad practice.

Was in line recently and someone took 5 minutes trying to type in their email for the receipt. Big mistake.

Just don't do it. Seriously. Don't do it. Ever.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. Use a disposable email for shopping.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

6. +1