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by EGreg 1635 days ago
So the store owner can just leave all his customers’ credit card information lying around and ignore PCI compliance etc. because anyone who would possibly use it for nefarious purposes is a criminal?

How would you prevent such negligence

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> How would you prevent such negligence

The ones who are damaged by the negligence sues for negligence.

Similarly: those people who act recklessly can get sued for more, or even criminally prosecuted. Finally, someone who acts out with malicious intent can be sued / criminally charged with the highest crimes.

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So in this "Sega" case: Sega can sue their security for the negligence.

Then, the hackers can be sued for something between recklessness and malicious intent.

Yeah, the law is flexible. "Justice" as a concept in the Western world revolves around both actions + intent. (With intent / state of mind in roughly 3 states: negligence, recklessness, and malice in that order).

Its a flexible system, albeit sometimes imperfect... but just applying it in a textbook manner to this case results in acceptable results IMO.

Two wrongs don't make a right