[pc86]

I was not aware the citizenship of the hackers had any bearing on Equifax's liability in this case.

[jedberg]

If it's a foreign government it's considered and "act of god", (I.e. Something out of their control) which releases a lot of liability.

[manquer]

to me if you store passwords in plaintext, it is criminal negligence even if God himself did the hack

[Dowwie]

Force Majeure