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I mean, on one hand, I wouldn't want this to go unnoticed and unpunished, but on the other, I'd rather that the feds be more focused on the actual breach part o
by mfoy_ 9y ago
I mean, on one hand, I wouldn't want this to go unnoticed and unpunished, but on the other, I'd rather that the feds be more focused on the actual breach part of things.
Then again, was any part of the breach actually criminally negligent? Maybe this is the only real way that the DoJ even can go after Equifax...
- atonse 9y agoHopefully they can do BOTH.
- TheGRS 9y agoMost security standards are voluntary right? Based more on market pressure than regulation. It looks like the Fed is considering a set of regulations for large banking entities, which I assume Equifax would be a part of, but AFAIK the existing regulations aren't very robust and haven't been updated in recent years.
- bluejekyll 9y agoIs there anything the government has in regards to the storage of SSN? It could be regarded that the SSN is property of the Federal Government, i.e. the SSN Administration. Is there anything where they may have breached federal standards for storing federally owned data? Edit: for example, there is the fedramp set of compliance rules.
- notwedtm 9y agoCan someone own a set of numbers? I assumed that they were assigned and not owned, however that could just be semantics.
- mfoy_ 9y agoThere are even "illegal" numbers.
- dmd 9y agoBeing surprised or upset that there are "illegal numbers" is like being upset that there are illegal configurations of matter and energy. "It's not murder, it's just a configuration of atoms!" doesn't fly.
- umanwizard 9y agoIf you believe the universe is discrete, this becomes stronger than a mere analogy - configurations of matter and energy are in fact numbers.
- jstarfish 9y agoThe ABA claims ownership of all banks' routing numbers, but that has yet to be validated in any meaningful capacity. http://www.gregthatcher.com/Financial/LawyerProblems.aspx http://www.gregthatcher.com/Financial/LawyerProblems.aspx
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- wavefunction 9y agoWhy would the SEC/DOJ financial fraud resources be spent on the security breach? We've got the FBI and other law enforcement agencies for that aspect, not that I'm optimistic that anyone will really be held accountable. From the limited descriptions I've read of the architecture of the Equifax system, someone needs to go to prison.