Equifax suffered a breach in 2017 that U.S. prosecutors say resulted in the theft of personally identifiable information for 145 million Americans. The Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging four officers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army with the intrusion. The goal here is not blame, but rather to highlight specific missteps by an organization so that others can avoid making the same mistakes. All organizations should have solid defenses in place that make it difficult for hackers to get in, be they part of a cybercrime gang or an intelligence agency, or a mercenary, hacktivist or bored teenager.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/learn-from-how-others-get-breached-equifax-edition-p-2870