Sole Equifax security worker at fault for failed patch, says former CEO

Sole Equifax security worker at fault for failed patch, says former CEO

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/04/sole_security_worker_at_fault_for_equifax_fail_says_former_ceo/

Recently-and-forcibly-retired Equifax CEO Rick Smith has laid the blame for the company's data breach on a single member of the company's security team.

In testimony before the Department of Energy and Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, Smith explained that the company has a protocol whereby news of new patches is communicate to the appropriate people within a certain time. When CVE-2017-5638 landed in March 2017, bearing bad news about Apache Struts, that protocol broke down due to human error.

Sole Equifax security worker at fault for failed patch, says former CEO

Oct 4, 2017, 6:12am UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/04/sole_security_worker_at_fault_for_equifax_fail_says_former_ceo/ >Recently-and-forcibly-retired Equifax CEO Rick Smith has laid the blame for the company's data breach on a single member of the company's security team. >In testimony before the Department of Energy and Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, Smith explained that the company has a protocol whereby news of new patches is communicate to the appropriate people within a certain time. When CVE-2017-5638 landed in March 2017, bearing bad news about Apache Struts, that protocol broke down due to human error.