So in this article it talks about how there was a security breach and the hacker got access to customers’ information such as payment card numbers, customer made transactions and historical payment card data. There are two economics theories and two different social sciences theories that relate to the letter. One of the economic theories is the Laissez-faire economic theory.  In this theory the government does not usually get involved in the community unless the government absolutely has to. In this case, the government had to get involved to protect the users that may have had their information taken. The second economic theory is the Cost/benefit analysis. This is done to tell the people there was a breach. There are two social science theories that are related to this article. One of the theories is social network theory and this is to determine the relationships and interactions around the company. The other theory is cultural theory which is the values and beliefs of the company.