Path of Stolen Credit Cards Leads Back to Home Depot Stores - NYTimes.com

Perhaps timely for Apple to introduce an iPhone-based payment system alternative (rumored to be part of the 9/9 event agenda)

"Bank employees, fraud detectives at computer security companies and law enforcement officials are tracing the path taken by the stolen cards, tracking the source of what appears to be the latest in a series of major data breaches that the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security believe has affected more than 1,000 American retailers. So far, all roads point back to Home Depot. And if the evidence uncovered so far proves to be valid, the hack could top the record-setting breach of Target’s network last December."

Path of Stolen Credit Cards Leads Back to Home Depot Stores - NYTimes.com