Re:Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday August 01, 2020 @12:17PM
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If hobos are a known problem, you have no right to be shocked when one steals a pie.
If hackers are a known problem, a huge company like Twitter has no right to claim it was completely blindsided when it gets hacked.
Twitter is a multinational corporation with access to the personal data of hundreds of millions of users.
It has a duty of care to those users, and at a minimum it should have a dedicated team with security policies and recovery plans.
Aside from the reputational damage, an aggressive and ambitious lawyer could make a good case for a very expensive class action if those plans turn out be defective and/or inadequate.
If hackers are a known problem, a huge company like Twitter has no right to claim it was completely blindsided when it gets hacked.
Twitter is a multinational corporation with access to the personal data of hundreds of millions of users.
It has a duty of care to those users, and at a minimum it should have a dedicated team with security policies and recovery plans.
Aside from the reputational damage, an aggressive and ambitious lawyer could make a good case for a very expensive class action if those plans turn out be defective and/or inadequate.