Week 11 #12: Read this sample breach letter “SAMPLE DATA BREACH NOTIFICATION” and describe how two different economics theories and two different social sciences theories relate to the letter.

From the contents of the sample data breach letter, the business expressed the incident of a security breach on their website as a result of mishandling by their third party platform provider who experienced the intrusion. From my perspective, this data breach of www.glasswasherparts.com is a result of the business failing to make a rational decision on investing in cybersecurity products. It can be assumed that they did not invest in such protection products in order to save their money, or else they would have invested in it, reflecting the rational choice theory. This is also related to the Marxian economic theory that reflects how those with power will exploit those without power. Since the business had no protection, the offender with power exploited this vulnerable business and benefitted from their weakness. The general deterrence theory suggests that people are fundamentally rational and rationalize their behavior before committing a crime, which is what the offender in this breach did when they decided to infiltrate this company for personal financial gain by evaluating the cost-benefit calculation of their actions. The neutralization theory also suggests that people will find justification or rationalize their wrongdoings. The business denied their responsibility in the crime that occurred and instead redirected the blame to their third party platform.

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