Home Depot on Thursday_provided an update [PDF] to its investigation of an embarrassing security breach, revealing that as many as 56 million unique credit card numbers are at risk from the incident. The company also confirmed that malware used for the hack has been removed from its systems. So that’s a relief, I guess. Home Depot suspects that its US and Canadian stores_were exposed from April to September of this year. By comparison, Target’s major security mishap from last year exposed 40 million cards. If you’re worried that your card_is at risk, Home Depot is offering free identity protection services...
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