They also might have not done due diligence, underestimated what a liability this data would become, or underestimated how long it would take to rewrite it. (E.

They also might have not done due diligence, underestimated what a liability this data would become, or underestimated how long it would take to rewrite it. (E.g. GDPR was only adopted a few months before the announcement of the aquisition, and didn't come into force until two years later.)