After reviewing the case study, it can be seen that some economic theories, like the classical economical theory and the Laissez-fare economic theory, relate to the case study. In the case study there was a intrusion in the third-party company that holds the www.glasswasherparts.com platform on their servers. The companies customers confidential information was at risk of being stolen or held for ransom. The classical theory relates to the case study because companies are trying to meet the demand for customers by going virtual. When companies go virtual they are able to reach out to customers that do not want to come in person. the laissez-fare economic theory is similar to the classical theory and relates to the case study because law enforcement is investigating the incident and ask that customers be notified after the investigation. The laissez-fare economic theory states that the government shall not intervene in the economy. The case study is formatted as a notification to a customer, so it can be assumed that the company did not want to listen to government employees, law enforcement, and still notify the customers.

Some social science theories that relate to the case study is the neutralization theory because the attackers knew what they were doing and might have thought that what they were doing was not harming anyone or causing any damage that it just might be alright to do. Behavioral theories can also relate to why the attack performed the attack. This could be because of the people they surrounded themselves with and they were influenced to do the attack because of their peers.