Home Depot to pay New Mexico, 45 other states more than $17M for 2014 data breach

The Consumer Protection Division under Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced Tuesday it has reached a $17.5 million agreement with The Home Depot Inc. following an investigation into a 2014 data breach.

Attorneys general in 45 other states — including New Mexico — and the District of Columbia assisted in the multistate investigation, which revealed that the data breach exposed the payment card information of approximately 40 million Home Depot consumers nationwide.

“Consumers…

Source: The Business Journal