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theptip on Jan 4, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Intel was aware of the chip vulnerability when its...

The EU already has legislated serious penalties for data breaches, and AFAIK whether it was a "mistake" or negligence is irrelevant:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula...

The US doesn't seem to have much appetite for this kind of regulation though.

DoofusOfDeath on Jan 4, 2018 [–]

It's worth distinguishing the US congress and executive branch from the US citizenry, in cases like this.

theptip on Jan 4, 2018 | [–]

Very true. I'd be interested to know how this issue polls in the US, I haven't seen any data on that.

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