The Equifax data breach is awful, but is it negligent?

On Thursday, September 7, 2017, two Oregon residents filed a federal class-action lawsuitagainst Equifax, Inc., one of the largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the country. Filed in response to a data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of approximately 143 million consumers, the lawsuit alleges that Equifax was negligent in its failure to adopt more advanced computer security technology, which could have prevented hackers from accessing the company’s database.