Home Depot security breach fallout begins.

• Position: INFO SECURITY - Brief article

Move over, Target; Home Depot is now in the hot spot. In September, Home Depot finally confirmed a breach of its payment security systems that affected 56 million customers in its U.S. and Canadian stores. Within a matter of days, the first class action suit was filed in the Northern District of Georgia; Home Depot is based in Atlanta. Attorneys general in three other states have launched investigations.

The lawsuits accuse Home Depot of negligence in failing to secure customers' personal and financial information. While most of the cases were filed on behalf of customers, two credit unions and a bank also have filed suit.

KrebsOnSecurity reported the breach September 2, stating it could extend back to April and affect all of Home Depot's 2,200 U.S. stores, according to Reuters. A variation of the malware that compromised Target's systems...