> However leaving such a vulnerability exposed is so bad they deserve to get their entire database dropped (and in this case I hope they don't have backups).
I understand the feeling here, but no, they don't deserve to get their assets destroyed because of a lack of care.`
Well the issue is that there are no penalties. Only free money for lawyers and nothing for the people who got their PII stolen.
Dropping the DB means there's no more PII to leak, makes a pretty good financial penalty for the company and doesn't make millions for useless lawyers. That sounds like an acceptable solution by my standards.
I understand the feeling here, but no, they don't deserve to get their assets destroyed because of a lack of care.`