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There are lots of shady lawyers out there, and this would give them an incentive to pay hackers to increase the size of data breaches.
by MarkMc 10y ago
There are lots of shady lawyers out there, and this would give them an incentive to pay hackers to increase the size of data breaches.
- graeme 10y agoIndeed. Seems like a cobra effect situation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect
- fgonzag 10y agoBut it wouldn't be a reward. It'd be a fine paid to the government. The only real reason with malicious intent I can see from it is people intentionally hacking companies to bankrupt them or cripple them. But that just means they had weak security anyways
- graeme 10y agoThe OP was talking about class action lawsuits. The plaintiffs in class actions are individuals, not governments. I took that the mean the OP was talking about penalties to private actors, rather than to governments.