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I don't really know much about this sort of thing. I assume that to the retailer that gets pwned, they get a few weeks or months of bad press then pass the cos
by tacoman 12y ago
I don't really know much about this sort of thing. I assume that to the retailer that gets pwned, they get a few weeks or months of bad press then pass the cost of that breach on to future customers.
The "regular guy" in me thinks, "Meh, I'll probably ending up paying 5 cents more for light bulbs because of this. Oh well."
I feel bad for the sysadmin/security guys at these companies, probably screaming for budget and not getting it. What do you think they're doing now? Helping some high paid IR consultant restore logs from backups. Good times!
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- anigbrowl 12y agoWhy are you assuming that this only applies to Home Depot issued credit cards? I am not getting that sense from the article.
- IbJacked 12y agoNowhere near half of all households have a Home Depot card. There were 56M "payment cards" compromised. That would be Visa, Mastercard, and whatever other cards they accept. "Payment card" sounds awkward to me, but with so many people using debit cards, they can't say "56M credit cards."