Case Study1: The Equifax Data Breach (2017)
🔍 Overview In September 2017, Equifax—one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the U.S.—announced a massive data breach that compromised the sensitive information of over 147 million Americans. 💥 What Happened? Attackers exploited a known vulnerability in the Apache Struts web framework (CVE-2017-5638). Despite a patch being available in March 2017, Equifax failed to…