Why was Talk Talk fined a measly £400,000?

摘要

Punishment is relative. If you were fined £400,000 for failing to do your job properly, it would ruin your life. If a company the size of TalkTalk were fined that amount, it would be a drop in the ocean. TalkTalk's global revenue last year was £1.83 billion. And yet £400,000 - which barely buys a house in Slough these days - is precisely how much the broadband giant has been fined for security failings that let hackers plunder customers' data "with ease".