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Knee-jerk corporate responses to data leaks protect brands like Qantas — but consumers are getting screwed (www.theguardian.com)

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When courts ban people from accessing leaked data – as happened after the airline’s data breach – only hackers and scammers winFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s become the playbook for big Australian companies that have customer data stolen in a cyber-attack: call in the lawyers and get a court to block anyone from accessing it.Qantas ran it after suffering a major cybersecurity attack that accessed the frequent flyer details of 5 million customers. Continue reading...

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[–] dueuwuje@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

It would be great if we made the penalties so unpleasant that companies just wouldn't want to risk having the data in the first place. These days even small businesses are harvesting data with no real ability to secure against cybercrime.