Fired for Failing to Forward an Email: My Personal Story of the 2017 Equifax Data Breach

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Presented at SecureWorldAtlanta 2019 by

Graeme Payne

In September 2017 Equifax reported that its systems had been attacked and criminals had accessed the personal information of 148 million US consumers. Graeme Payne, who was a senior IT executive at the time of the breach, was terminated from Equifax in October 2017 “for failing to forward an email regarding an Apache Struts vulnerability.” Several investigations were launched following the data breach. Over the last 12 months, Graeme has testified in many of the investigations regarding the Equifax Data Breach.Graeme will share his personal story living through this breach and its aftermath. He will share key lessons that should be applicable to anyone involved in managing IT and cybersecurity.