"The company admitted that it is responsible for the actions of its employees under United States law."
That was also my question why those employees are not in jail yet. I was thinking that company gets fine and employees get jail time but that must be some weird/interesting part of US law.
Indeed. We see time and time again that corporations can get away with almost anything they want without facing any real consequence compared to individuals. What part of US law is protecting these corporations and the people involved when they flagrantly break the law? It's sickening.
Er.... this is entirely the point of the law in the US -- to protect corporate interests. Who do you think are writing the laws? It's not some weird edge case or quirk in the system. Protecting and furthering corporate interests is the system. As always, the purpose of the system is what it does.
...except that corporations are literally just groups of people, the person who perpetrated the act (Zaidi) pled guilty to hacking and is awaiting sentencing?
[1] There are some exceptions, eg. if you're a teacher and you learn about child abuse
My company gets fined $X million, which it doesn't have so it folds. I skip off into the sunset
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piercing_the_corporate_veil#Fa...
You're going to have to be very careful to avoid that, and even then, you might still be personally liable, see my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25593629