From what I've read so far, this was another case of memory scraping malware[1], most likely running on each POS. The pinpads typically have tamper protection,

From what I've read so far, this was another case of memory scraping malware[1], most likely running on each POS. The pinpads typically have tamper protection, though I wouldn't completely discount the possibility that we'll see malware at the pinpad level at some point in the future. [1] http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/09/home-depot-hit-by-same-malware-as-target/ http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/09/home-depot-hit-by-same-ma...