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Casino giant Caesars tells thousands: Yup, ransomware crooks stole your data::House always wins, er, wait ...

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Two years is nothing. It's literally a pittance in order to silence to plebs.

My data got stolen from the DOD in 2015, and I still have identity theft protection from it, and STILL have issues pop up every year. Without the last 8 years of protection, I'd be completely fucked.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree it's a shit deal but it's different than OP made it out to be IMO.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You do have a point there. But I have a very poor view of companies and their data breaches, so I'm certainly biased.