A $500M question on ethics, profit, accountability, and compromise in cybersecurity and business.

*As always, I caveat my post with the reminder that I am a junior analyst and have much left to learn. Looking forward to critique and feedback, and corrections toward this "hot take" on ethics, profit, and compromise in cybersecurity so if needed I can improve my views and not look like an ass touting misguided ideas in the future.*

This afternoon a LinkedIn connection shared this article titled [**T-Mobile Reaches $500 Million Settlement in Huge 2021 Data Breach**](https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nytimes.com/2022/07/22/business/t-mobile-hacking-settlement.amp.html) and …

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