This kind of response went out of fashion after Enron. Burning an entire company to the ground (in that case Arthur Andersen) and putting thousands out of work because of the misdeeds of a few - even if they were due to companywide culture problems - turned out to be disproportionate, wasteful, and cruel.

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knome 2 hours ago | parent [-]

the answer to that is a functional social safety net for the innocent employees to land in, not allowing companies to violate the law with impunity.

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rafram 2 hours ago | parent [-]

You’re describing a system where taxpayers foot the bill for data breaches.

	▲	wry_durian 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That's exactly backwards. In the current regime, it's precisely the billions of people who are affected by data breaches (and who happen to be taxpayers!) who are footing the bill.
	▲	folkrav 38 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		We already are in a system where we foot most of the consequences.
	▲	matheusmoreira an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Not at all. Make the guilty corporation pay for all of it.