



Criminals used a third-party vendor’s user name and password to enter the perimeter of Home Depot’s network. These stolen credentials alone did not provide direct access to the company’s point-of-sale devices.





During the Home depot security breach 56 million credit cards has accessed,but that was't enough,now company is saying that the hackers got more than 53 million email addresses.It said hackers accessed its network with a vendor's username and password between April and September.Company stated that:Today the chain hardware and lumber store announced that hackers also accessed email addresses. The company noted that passwords were not compromised during the breach.Email addresses is less valuable,but if passwords were leaked,access to an email gives hackers free access over any services connected to that mail .