Class-action suit targets Home Depot for breach

Atlanta - Several Home Depot customers filed a class-action lawsuit on Thursday, Sept.4 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division. The suit alleges that Home Depot failed to meet its legal obligation to protect their credit card and personal information and failed to timely warn them that their information had been stolen or compromised.



The complaint alleges that in late April or early May 2014, computer hackers gained access to Home Depot's POS data network and stole the personal and financial information of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Home Depot's customers. However, Home Depot did not tell its customers about this security breach.



Plaintiffs seek unspecified financial compensation, including for Home Depot’s alleged violation of 38 states' data breach statutes. Harris Penn Lowry LLP is handling the litigation.