Yes, a similar thing happened for the major outage prior to this. The same thing is happening for the many data breaches that are occurring. It is never the decision maker's fault, always some poor employee that doesn't get a chance to present their case.

I was in similar meetings where such decisions were made and possible consequences were brushed off with "we just need to get this done as quickly as possible".

This won't stop until there are serious consequences for the businesses.