Consumer-facing Companies Still Have Few Incentives to Stop Data Breaches, and That’s a National Security Concern. | #government | #hacking | #cyberattack | #education | #technology | #infosec

In August, personal information belonging to fifty million prospective, current, and former T-Mobile customers was stolen, marking the mobile carrier’s third customer data breach in two years. T-Mobile isn’t unique: dozens of well-known brands, as well as hundreds of lesser-known companies, have experienced data breaches in recent years. Although these breaches are embarrassing, T-Mobile and…