Identities and financial information is worth stealing.
People, before you go nuts securing your computers routers and phones, talk to your doctors office about adding additional security to your medical records and freeze or add fraud alerts to your credit reports including NCTUE which I had never heard of until someone walked into Verizon and walked out with 4 unlocked iPhones after opening a new account in my name.
If it's worth stealing, then it's unlikely that they'd talk about it on the open Internet just to justify their security scheme to some skeptic commenter on HN.
A compromise of a device used to maintain a web site or a software package or product is a big step towards compromising the site, package or product itself.
People, before you go nuts securing your computers routers and phones, talk to your doctors office about adding additional security to your medical records and freeze or add fraud alerts to your credit reports including NCTUE which I had never heard of until someone walked into Verizon and walked out with 4 unlocked iPhones after opening a new account in my name.