Home Depot: 56 million payment cards affected by cyberattack

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Home Depot said Thursday that 56 million payment cards were affected by a malware attack that started in April.

In a statement, Home Depot said that it completed its investigation and added enhanced encryption at point of sale terminals in its U.S. stores. Enhanced encryption will be complete in early 2015. Home Depot’s encryption technology was provided by Voltage Security and tested by independent firms.

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