The Blame Game: Not All Data Breaches Are the Same

When a breach hits the news, we imagine the public response is outrage, boycotts, demands for compensation, jokes at the company’s expense, and a feeling that the organization should be embarrassed to show its face in public. However, at other times, the conversation veers off course, and blame falls on the people who were hit. Suddenly, it’s not “How could the company let this happen?” It’s “Why were those people so careless?”