Home Depot data breach in Maine worsens
The number of Maine credit cards stolen in a Home Depot data breach has nearly doubled since it was first reported, making it possibly the largest theft ever of consumer data in Maine.
The Portland Press Herald reported that the number of stolen cards from Home Depot’s 11 stores in Maine has increased to around 99,500, nearly double from when the newspaper initially uncovered the scope of the data breach earlier this month.
Home Depot has since confirmed that 99% of its 2,200 stores in the United States and Canada were targeted by a large hacking scheme that began in April and is thought to have impacted tens of millions of cards.
Martha Currier, complaint examiner for the Maine Office of the Attorney’s Consumer Protection Division, told the newspaper that Home Depot’s data breach is larger than the breach that impacted Target stores last December.
John Murphy, president of the Maine Credit Union League, told the Press Herald, that Maine credit unions have already sustained losses from multiple breaches, though the exact cost of the Home Depot data breach remains undetermined until more facts are uncovered. Credit unions have been issuing thousands of new cards, he added.
Chris Pinkham, president of the Maine Bankers Association, told the newspaper that Maine banks, on the other hand, are not seeing as many requests for card replacements, adding that many banks have “beefed up” automated monitoring systems to a highly sophisticated level.
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