Comment by JumpCrisscross

> But 'a distraction from fines'? Fines do nothing to help those affected by such breaches

Bigger fines. Fines that bankrupt the company. Note: bankrupt. Not shut down. Clean out the shareholders and upper management, possibly spin some stuff off or even break it up. (There is this popular conception that bankruptcy means an F-35 bombs the company’s offices and factories and it’s plain wrong.)

Corporate death penalty is a distraction from bigger fines.