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I am still waiting for Equifax leaders to be charged for their negligence. They failed to keep their software up-to-date [1], while storing sensitive informatio

I am still waiting for Equifax leaders to be charged for their negligence. They failed to keep their software up-to-date [1], while storing sensitive information about millions of US citizens. [1] https://techbeacon.com/security/why-equifax-breach-should-never-have-happened https://techbeacon.com/security/why-equifax-breach-should-ne...

kortilla 7y ago
Wait until you find out nearly every company with sensitive documents has pieces of software that are out of date.
- noobermin 7y ago
  That makes things worse but should absolve no one of responsibility.
- blaser-waffle 7y ago
  Not sure why the downvotes. Is painfully true. There also hasn't been aggressive legislation about it until CCPA. Start adding minimum costs for a breach and things may change.
aguyfromnb 7y ago
>I am still waiting for Equifax leaders to be charged for their negligence. It's the executives job to keep software up-to-date? Not the engineers building the software or implementing open-source tools? I understand being buck-stops-here accountable for the hack, but how could they be charged for negligence? Was there a conscious decision by the execs to not update the software? It's be hilarious/sad if the executives got punished for something like not updating software, because you know what the result would be? Companies would set up a system to protect execs and ensure the line-workers would be held accountable for hacks or breaches. That'd make our jobs super fun.
- outworlder 7y ago
  > It's the executives job to keep software up-to-date? Ultimately, yes. They are in charge, they are accountable. > because you know what the result would be? Companies would set up a system to protect execs and ensure the line-workers would be held accountable for hacks or breaches. As if most big companies didn't already have these systems in place.

kortilla 7y ago

Wait until you find out nearly every company with sensitive documents has pieces of software that are out of date.

noobermin 7y ago
That makes things worse but should absolve no one of responsibility.
blaser-waffle 7y ago
Not sure why the downvotes. Is painfully true. There also hasn't been aggressive legislation about it until CCPA. Start adding minimum costs for a breach and things may change.

aguyfromnb 7y ago

>I am still waiting for Equifax leaders to be charged for their negligence. It's the executives job to keep software up-to-date? Not the engineers building the software or implementing open-source tools? I understand being buck-stops-here accountable for the hack, but how could they be charged for negligence? Was there a conscious decision by the execs to not update the software? It's be hilarious/sad if the executives got punished for something like not updating software, because you know what the result would be? Companies would set up a system to protect execs and ensure the line-workers would be held accountable for hacks or breaches. That'd make our jobs super fun.

outworlder 7y ago
> It's the executives job to keep software up-to-date? Ultimately, yes. They are in charge, they are accountable. > because you know what the result would be? Companies would set up a system to protect execs and ensure the line-workers would be held accountable for hacks or breaches. As if most big companies didn't already have these systems in place.