[greglindahl]

Welcome to Hacker News! Lots of startups have gotten to within two weeks of closing, and then didn't close.

[Scoundreller]

And plenty have insta-shutdown and said “ooops, sorry about all your data. We regret not telling you sooner (not that we would have). Here’s the address of our $350/hr insolvency firm (which will be deducted from any compensation). Good luck!”

[whenchamenia]

If you are lucky you can find out who bought your data to recover and/or destroy for a hefty tag, and wonder if it was copied and sold adittionally...