> How much do you think did you think equifax saved by skimping on security? Probably not $575M. They got pwned by an outdated third party library. There's no way keeping your libraries up to date is going to cost anywhere near that amount.

I took their post to mean that the $2.90 figure included damages.

In your words, how much will the ensuing fraud, identity theft, and spam cost me?

Yes, but you're moving the goalposts. The original argument was essentially that crime pays, because you'll only get fined a fraction of what you saved/made.