In a perfect world, everyone can be trusted, and we don't need locks on our doors or passwords on our phones. In a dystopia, everyone has to carry a gun or have a bodyguard to leave their fortified homes, and a quarter of GDP goes towards security measures. We're somewhere in the middle, but things like this push us a little further down the road to more sunk costs in security measures.

A locksmith might make a killing after a local crime wave, but they should understand that crime is bad for the neighborhood regardless. Cyber crime raises demand for white hat services, but what's good for white hats is not necessarily good for society at large.

If it was a zero-day or something newer - defined by regulations - then the company is not liable.

Your analogies are cute but I want new laws, further making your analogies moot.

  Bank Secretary : So, people hire you to break into their places... to make sure no one can break into their places?

  Martin Bishop : It's a living.

  Bank Secretary : Not a very good one.