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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 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Because that might damage shareholder value

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

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

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