<story><title>Sad reality: It&apos;s cheaper to get hacked than build strong IT defenses</title><url>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/23/if_your_company_has_terrible_it_security_that_could_be_a_rational_business_decision/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vfxGer</author><text>I am sick of seeing headlines about teenager hacker being put in jail. 
It&amp;#x27;s not because they are geniuses it&amp;#x27;s because of poor IT defense.
The companies should be severely fined for criminal negligence.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>saiya-jin</author><text>I get what you mean, but poor defense ain&amp;#x27;t no excuse to hack the hell out of company, neither legally nor morally. plus i don&amp;#x27;t buy the notion that some teenager had no clue what he was doing would harm other&amp;#x27;s livehood (if yes, then he should go through psychiatric evaluation).&lt;p&gt;if I don&amp;#x27;t put 3m electric fence with automatic sentry guns around my whole hypothetical house and land, does it mean everybody is automatically invited to freely try to break in, do damage, steal my stuff or post my private and legal data online for others?&lt;p&gt;state should have better use for these guys, but there should definitely be punishment, not reward in any way. that&amp;#x27;s how all countries run these days</text></comment>
<story><title>Sad reality: It&apos;s cheaper to get hacked than build strong IT defenses</title><url>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/23/if_your_company_has_terrible_it_security_that_could_be_a_rational_business_decision/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vfxGer</author><text>I am sick of seeing headlines about teenager hacker being put in jail. 
It&amp;#x27;s not because they are geniuses it&amp;#x27;s because of poor IT defense.
The companies should be severely fined for criminal negligence.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>raverbashing</author><text>Which teenager hackers?&lt;p&gt;Yes, if the IT defenses are poor and they get in fair enough, another one is if they get the password list and shop around&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#x27;re saying like it&amp;#x27;s ok to rob the house with only one lock as opposed to the one with several locks and security cameras</text></comment>