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Re:Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack by pc86 on Friday September 08, 2017 @02:12PM (#15202616)
I was not aware the citizenship of the hackers had any bearing on Equifax's liability in this case.
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Re:Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack by jedberg on Friday September 08, 2017 @02:21PM (#15202701)
If it's a foreign government it's considered and "act of god", (I.e. Something out of their control) which releases a lot of liability.
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Re:Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack by manquer on Friday September 08, 2017 @10:46PM (#15205314)
to me if you store passwords in plaintext, it is criminal negligence even if God himself did the hack
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Re:Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack by Dowwie on Friday September 08, 2017 @02:48PM (#15202940)
Force Majeure
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