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Correction: The headline of an earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Home Depot had 'rejected' Apple Pay. "We have not 'rejected' Apple Pay," a Home Depot spokesperson said via email. "We consider Apple a great partner, but it is

Updated, 8:21 p.m. | SAN FRANCISCO — Home Depot said on Thursday that the account information of 56 million cardholders was compromised in what is the largest known breach of a retail company's computer network.

The results are out from the fifth annual Social-Engineer Capture the Flag (SECTF) contest, which was held during Def Con 22. This year, social engineers worked in tag teams to trick companies into giving up “flags,” or key pieces of information that

The malicious software that unknown thieves used to steal credit and debit card numbers in the data breach at Home Depot this year was installed mainly on payment systems in the self-checkout lanes at retail stores, 

Home Depot said today that cyber criminals armed with custom-built malware stole an estimated 56 million debit and credit card numbers from its customers between April and September 2014. That disclosure officially makes