Home Depot Investigates Huge Potential Security Breach

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Home improvement giant Home Depot on Tuesday was investigating a potential credit card breach that some cyber security experts said could be massive.

As CBS 2s Matt Kozar reported, Home Depot has confirmed that it is working with investigators after reports that stolen debit and credit card information from its customers was being sold on the black market.

How many stores and customers were affected remained unknown Tuesday.

Its definitely a problem, and its a concern for me, said Home Depot shopper Judy Anderson. You know, it just makes you think twice before using a credit card.

Home Depot shoppers in Jersey City were unnerved by the potential data theft.

For everyday needs, we come to these stores, and we use credit cards, so if hackers get in their databases, obviously that concerns, said Home Depot shopper Avnish Choudhury.

In a statement, Home Depot senior manager for corporate communications Paula Drake said, Protecting our customers information is something we take extremely seriously, and we are aggressively gathering facts at this point while working to protect customers.

Reportedly, the hackers responsible for the apparent breach were European possibly Russian. Russian hackers have been targeting American business in retaliation for U.S. sanctions.

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Home Depot Investigates Huge Potential Security Breach