Home Depot is investigating a possible breach exposing...

Home Depot is investigating a possible breach exposing customer credit card information, it confirmed to us after security reporter Brian Krebs initially reported Tuesday that a batch of stolen credit cards for sale might be linked back to Home Depot (http://bit.ly/1qlYRAZ). “I can confirm we are looking into some unusual activity and we are working with our banking partners and law enforcement to investigate,” a Home Depot spokeswoman said. “If we confirm that a breach has occurred, we will make sure customers are notified immediately.” Krebs reported those behind the allegedly stolen credit card info, which went up for sale Tuesday morning, might be the same group that was responsible for the data breach at Target (CED Dec 23 p1). Home Depot operates about 2,200 stores in the U.S., according to its Securities and Exchange Commission filings (http://bit.ly/1pFr1HZ).