The crazy thing to me is how many of these companies getting hacked have passwords in plain text, which is the most basic of basic cyber security no-nos to which many pre-rolled solutions exist. I also think it's a way for companies who were supposed to keep data safe to cover their asses about the fact they've been shopping it around (think 23andme). And finally, they will use these aforementioned incidents to push for biometrics

The crazy thing to me is how many of these companies getting hacked have passwords in plain text, which is the most basic of basic cyber security no-nos to which many pre-rolled solutions exist. I also think it's a way for companies who were supposed to keep data safe to cover their asses about the fact they've been shopping it around (think 23andme). And finally, they will push for biometrics