Farmers Insurance data breach affects 1.1M people

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dizlexic · 4h ago

Am I the only one whose been so desensitized to these that (outside of the breach vector) they barely register anymore?

Is there any company that actually protects the data that they mandate we give them?

Citizen8396 · 4h ago

> Is there any company that actually protects the data that they mandate we give them?

not really, no. it was "within their risk appetite"

SpicyUme · 1h ago

But I was told "Data is the new oil', I guess that includes minimal penalties for spills.

3eb7988a1663 · 2h ago

This is extra funny because Farmers has buildings of actuaries who could produce excellent estimates as to the risk and expense.

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Farmers Insurance data breach affects 1.1M people

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