Why you should worry about the Equifax breach

The recent security breach of Equifax is alarming for many reasons, the most critical of which are the severity of the breach and the behavior of certain Equifax executives. Not only is this breach one of the largest successful cyberattacks ever against a major financial services corporation, but the full implications of the breach are still unclear. Dire scenarios include financial catastrophe for millions of people and a possible impact to national security.