“eBay Data Breach: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Improved Cybersecurity”

In February 2014, the ecommerce trading platform eBay experienced a data breach, hackers managed to steal sensitive information about eBay users including passwords and other personal information. Carry out research about this hack and address the following issues; 
Introduce the core principles of computer security in the modern age 
Discuss the method the hackers used to breach eBay’s system 
Discuss the intentions of the hackers
 Discuss the vulnerabilities that may have led to this breach
 Describe what countermeasures eBay took after the breach to reduce damage 
Discuss how eBay resolved the breach and secured their systems 
Explain the impact of the breach on users, other stakeholders and eBay itself 
Reflect on the lessons learnt: What did eBay do right/wrong? Recommend additional measures that should have been used to prevent this breach from ever occurring
You are required to produce a 5000 words (+/- 10%)  report of your findings adhering to the following structure: 
1. Title 
2. Abstract (120 words maximum) 
3. Introduction (Provide an overview of your report) 
4. Literature review 
Provide context by discussing the fundamental aspects of computer security 
Provide an overview of the case 
5. Discussion and Analysis 
Discuss the relevant computer security issues that are related to this particular 
Apply understanding of computer security to the case 
6. Conclusion and Recommendations 
Lessons learnt 
Personal reflection on the case 
7. References 
Sufficient academic resources and internet sources 
Formatted using the Harvard referencing style