• jqubed@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    This keeps happening and has been happening for several years now; why isn’t more being done to improve security and find the criminals? I can’t walk into a hospital with so much as a pocket knife because of physical security concerns, but cybercriminals keep taking down a new system seemingly every week, and this article says the software used has been seen for years now.

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      5 months ago

      The FBI et al. do try to find the guys. Arrests happen relatively frequently.

      But security improvements don’t happen because they cost money, and nobody is making them do it, though this is slowly changing.

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        When permitting security failures costs more than preventing, then companies will do something.

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          5 months ago

          Can I sue a company for inadequate data protections if my data is breached? I assume I would have to prove damages, and maybe that becomes harder if I can’t tie the victimization to a specific breach. And probably the terms of service make it harder, like I might have to use arbitration and can’t join a class action suit.

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      5 months ago

      Fixing the issue doesn’t line the pockets of investors. People aren’t going to stop going to the hospital, so why fix it?