Analysis Of The Equifax Breach

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Hello, Megan! Really great discussion board post this week. The Equifax breach just genuinely frustrates me. The fact that one of the three largest credit agencies suffered a data breach just proves that there is no such thing as being “secure enough”. There are a lot of articles out today claiming that Equifax had an earlier breach in March. I think what really frustrates me is the fact that so many people are affected by it; 143 million, as you mentioned. It is believed that a tool called Apache Struts is reason for the breach. The Apache Struts is a tool utilized not only by Equifax, but by other many large businesses and government organizations as well (Wattles & Larson, 2017). Equifax reportedly utilize this tool to support its online

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