Home Depot Gift Cards for Sale Home Depot Canada confirmed the impact to online shoppers in a later tweet after being called out on the in-store only claim.It’s unclear exactly what details these particular order confirmations included; Home Depot order confirmations sent in the past to Threatpost staff include full names and addresses details and cost of the items ordered phone numbers if provided for delivery purposes and links to “check order status.” Clicking that link takes customers to an online portal to sign in which could conceivably lead to the exposure of more information if cyberattackers were able to brute-force the credentials.

The period leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday has become one long sale for a lot of retailers. And any gifts you didn't get during the holidays you can reward yourself with later as the deals coast on through the new year. Home Depot is the latest retailer to liberally redefine the word "Friday": The retailer's Black Friday sale will run from Nov. 6 through Dec. 2 Discount Home Depot Gift Cards and in fact some items are already marked down.

Messdaghi said Home Depot must act quickly to beat attackers to the punch. “They need to let their consumers know what to do next – and to be especially aware that bad actors may be calling emailing or texting displaying the last few digits of their card and recent orders and asking these consumers to click through to links,” she said. “Merely reporting a breach without informing consumers of attacks they might expect and how to avoid them is like diagnosing a treatable illness but withholding possible treatments. It’s potentially cyber malpractice.”