I think it’s about time we stopped using social security numbers for everything and came up with a better system.
IT nerd: Sure, security costs money, but we care about protecting our customers more, right? Right?
Boss: We care about the money more.
The crux of Jurassic Park was that Hammond spared LOTS of expense for IT, lol
And everything else. Fences, signage, power systems, pre-employment background checks…
Much of that was due to Nedry turning off the security systems so he could steal and sell the embryos…because he wasn’t getting paid enough.
So many important life lessons in that movie which most of us ignored. I for one was distracted by Laura Dern’s legs.
Att: there’s no way it’s ours dude
Att: it was ours dude
Cool. Can’t wait for someone to steal my identity.
A free year of credit monitoring for 73 million!
Its been almost 50 years since public key cryptography was discovered. The fact that its not used for everything financial now is inexcusable
Hey, does anyone else remember the 2017 Equifax breach? No? Just me?
Yeah, we’re all compromised. Thanks, capitalism.
Oh i remember.
Not only do they get to continue business, they never received any sort of punishment whatsoever. Not even a fine.
Not only that, the service they generously offered to help those affected for free in lieu of fines is a data harvesting goldmine.
You’re literally giving the company that lost control of its data, more data to use for marketing and profit.
TBD, they did offer $25 in a class action settlement, which probably equates to the value of permanent PII data visibility on the Internet. /S