On Mon, 2024-01-22 at 00:02 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Add to injury, if they get hacked and they pencil whipped, they become responsible for all costs involved. Telling them that their grandchildren will need lawyers does not phase them.
You would think that "you hate your legal fees now, just imagine the costs when your stuff-up bites you back" would scare them, but no...
I think it was the year before last that our second largest telco and ISP stuffed up and leaked people's ID en masse. Now they're wearing the costs for a huge proportion on the population needing to replace their driver's licenses.
I'm sure it would have been cheaper to have designed their security better, in the first place. They probably spend more on their advertising budget than IT, so it's not like they can't afford it.