CardSystems went out of business as a consequence of credit card fraud. Jonathan James killed himself swearing that he was innocent in relation to the TJX credi

CardSystems went out of business as a consequence of credit card fraud. Jonathan James killed himself swearing that he was innocent in relation to the TJX credit card breach. Perhaps orthogonal, but a consequence. Heartland Payment Systems went into pants-on-fire mode after their breach because they were very aware of the consequences CardSystems faced. Their strategy was to fess up and form an initiative for end-to-end payment encryption. They still have incurred over $150 million in costs and continue to face litigation 5 years after their breach. It could have been much worse, there's a per incident fine levied by Visa alone, outside of civil or statutory liability. Maybe it 'isn't enough,' but that's not the same as no consequences.