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67 Buff. L. Rev. 1133 (2019)
The Equifax Data Breach: An Opportunity to Improve Consumer Protection and Cybersecurity Efforts in America

handle is hein.journals/buflr67 and id is 1171 raw text is: Buffalo Law Review VOLUME 67 AUGUST 2019 NUMBER 4 The Equifax Data Breach: An Opportunity to Improve Consumer Protection and Cybersecurity Efforts in America GREGORY S. GAGLIONE, JR.t INTRODUCTION Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families suffer every year!' Although this statement by Dwight Schrute in an episode of The Office was intended to be a joke, given the recent rise in data breaches, it is a reality to many Americans today. A combined 200 million individuals were affected by the Equifax and Uber data breaches alone in 2017.2 In total, over 2.5 billion records were compromised in tJ.D., 2019, University at Buffalo School of Law; M.B.A., 2019 University at Buffalo School of Management; B.A., Economics, 2015, University at Buffalo; Publications Editor, Buffalo Law Review; Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States. I am grateful for my colleagues at the Buffalo Law Review for their time and effort editing this Comment. Special thanks goes to my family and friends for their support and encouragement, especially my fianc6 Theresa Johnson. Without their love and support, this Comment would not be possible. 1. The Office: Product Recall (NBC television broadcast April 26, 2007). 2. See Mike Isaac et al., Uber Hid 2016 Breach, Paying Hackers to Delete Stolen Data, N.Y. TIMES (Nov. 21, 2017), https://www.nytimes.comJ2017/11/21/ technology/uber-hack.html; Equifax Inc., Equifax Announces Cybersecurity Incident Involving Consumer Information, EQUIFAX (Sept. 7, 2017), https://investor.equifax.com/news-and-events/news/2017/09-07-2017-213000628 [hereinafter EQUIFAX]. 1133