It is illegal. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. It's not much different than hiring someone to hack, rob or murder someone. We don't throw just the person

It is illegal. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. It's not much different than hiring someone to hack, rob or murder someone. We don't throw just the person doing the hiring in prison, we also pursue the person who performed the act. Believing that a company is not liable for an illegal act they are hired for shows just how far the rabbit hole modern society has gone with respect to business ethics.