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jgroszko | 7 years ago

Between Equifax and today Exactis both leaking 300M+ records it's not really a question of if, but rather how many times have I been pwned...

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Bartweiss|7 years ago

As of now, there are 3 major data leak stories on the HN front page at the same time.

Passwords can at least be changed, but data leaks are basically entropic; there's no way to reverse the damage. I don't want to stop holding leak sources accountable for what they lose, but from a personal viewpoint I'm now more interested in mitigation than prevention...

rhizome|7 years ago

I don't want to stop holding leak sources accountable for what they lose

Where is this happening? I'm not aware of any company being prosecuted (or even penalized in any significant way) for releasing data.