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Workspace Storage Copy Data Management
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 15, 2026

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Retail Point-Of-Sale Malware Patch Register

PROBLEM: In March 2016 Home Depot agreed to pay at least $19.5 million — a $13 million consumer fund plus $6.5 million for identity-protection services — to settle consumer class actions over its April–September 2014 breach, which compromised about 56 million payment cards and about 53 million email addresses after attackers used credentials stolen from a third-party vendor (U.S. District Court, N.D. Ga., preliminary approval 8 March 2016, In re Home Depot, No. 1:14-md-02583-TWT).

SOLUTION: A Storage Copy Data Management improvement that maintains a retail point-of-sale malware patch register: every point-of-sale terminal's software version, patch status, vendor-credential use and malware scan is recorded with its date and owner, so unpatched terminals and stale vendor access are flagged together.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — Mar 2016: Home Depot at least $19.5M consumer settlement over the Apr–Sep 2014 breach (~56M payment cards; ~53M email addresses) via stolen third-party vendor credentials; N.D. Ga. preliminary approval 8 Mar 2016.

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