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I understand that. Why didn't they follow those practices? What can we do to force companies to follow them in the future?
by burkaman 9y ago
I understand that. Why didn't they follow those practices? What can we do to force companies to follow them in the future?
- chii 9y agoMake the liability for data safe keeping in the company that holds the data. You don't see medical records have issues like this, because the laws surrounding it is quite fierce.
- buttcoinslol 9y agoYou force companies to secure data by giving out enormous fines to the company and criminally charging the negligent or incompetent corporate officers.
- rgbrenner 9y agoI will actually answer your question, because Equifax has already explained: One guy was supposed to install the update, but forgot for some reason. Everything was his fault. Did you expect anything else from a company so incompetent? With a paltry $3b/year, they can't be expected to pay for more than one person to install updates.