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I don't have a Home Depot CC, but I've used their e-receipts in the last couple of months and I'm reasonably sure that I've ordered online from them in the past.

I certainly hope they didn't compromise the PIN pads in the stores. That could be a Very Bad Thing.




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-ma...




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