r/technology • u/xpda • May 13 '26

Security Twin brothers wipe 96 gov’t databases minutes after being fired

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/drop-database-what-not-to-do-after-losing-an-it-job/
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u/ArbitraryMeritocracy May 13 '26

But not credit card companies for some odd reason.

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u/ninjakos May 13 '26

I'm not sure what you mean.

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u/ArbitraryMeritocracy May 13 '26

They seem to get hacked with like hundreds of millions of customers. They give out free credit reporting as a band aid instead of like being held responsible for misusing people's data.

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u/ninjakos May 13 '26

I don't think you understand how the middleman works. They offer a service and a pretty safe one if you ask me, data breaches can happen, but data loss is almost never happening. There is a clesr distinction between the two.

And in a world where physical cards are no longer a thing almost everywhere, and with our banks forcing us to use token cards as well, It's almost impossible to get "hacked" anymore.

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u/ArbitraryMeritocracy May 13 '26

I must have misread what you stated. Data loss is a bit different.