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Home Depot’s investigation concluded that information for 56 million payment...

Home Depot’s investigation concluded that information for 56 million payment cards was exposed between April and September, the retailer said Thursday. That puts the breach ahead of the 40 million payment cards that were exposed during Target’s late 2013 breach,…

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which also exposed roughly 70 million customer records that included names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers. “We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and anxiety this has caused, and want to reassure them that they will not be liable for fraudulent charges,” said Home Depot CEO Frank Blake. Home Depot said it has also completed a point of sale encryption project to heighten security.