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2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed (www.tomsguide.com)
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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 59 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And again they will fail to punish the company responsible for protecting this data for their criminal neglience.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Because that might damage shareholder value

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

It really should. The shareholders did profit from not investing in security until the incident. Let them suffer.