2017 Equifax Data breach

Critically analyze the cause and impact of the breach/problem.
Provide a critical evaluation of how the breach occurred/problem evolved.
Analyze how it could have been prevented.
Offer an analysis, weakness, mitigating factors (if any), and step to take and recommendations.
Explain and analyze the context do discover and explore
why there is a problem,
what are the implicit and explicit risks associated with the identified problem,
where the risk is most critical,
what might be the time and financial impact and
the loss impact
Explore and suggest how this security problem should be addressed. When possible, speak to the different
aspects that need to be addressed (e.g. the legal and financial implication (e.g. privacy, branding,
credibility, …), procedures, policies, training, communication, etc. This should include how you prevent or
maximally mitigate the threat.
Remember to cite several scholarly and practitioner sources.
Persuade, convince, demonstrate consequences of choices, etc.