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I put a cheap lock on my door and someone breaks in and steals everything.

Should I be held liable for my poor security practices?

If you were responsible for securing my stuff, and you put a cheap lock on your door protecting my stuff, and someone breaks in and steals all my stuff, then yes, you should be held liable for your poor security practices.

But that's not actually the law, is it? You could certainly bring a civil lawsuit (and so could Twitter users), but I haven't committed a crime.

True, but I think this case opens up doors on regulation of tech companies for security, or at least new laws for security negligence. The power that Twitter has due to its highest-profile users is immense, however, this hack made them look incredibly stupid.

I don't disagree, it's pretty damn embarrassing someone can get the keys to the kingdom through some social engineering.

My only concern is what happened with Equifax - some punishment is put on the company and it's only a token amount and nothing changes.

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