HOME DEPOT COVERING UP MASSIVE CREDIT CARD DATA BREACH

How come an independent security blogger has to reveal massive retail credit card breaches? Brian Krebs also blew the lid off the Target debacle. He thinks this could be much bigger than the Target breach. What you get from the mega-retailers is stonewalling and canned PR messaging. They are clueless fucks who are busy spending their money on stock buybacks and executive stock options, rather than IT security.
DO NOT SHOP AT HOME DEPOT. Your data is not safe. Via Brian Krebs
Banks: Credit Card Breach at Home Depot Multiple banks say they are seeing evidence that Home Depot stores may be the source of a massive new batch of stolen credit and debit cards that went on sale this morning in the cybercrime underground. Home Depot says that it is working with banks and law enforcement agencies to investigate reports of suspicious activity.
Contacted by this reporter about information shared from several financial institutions, Home Depot spokesperson Paula Drake confirmed that the company is investigating.

This post was published at The Burning Platform on 02 Sept 2014.