Ah, that’s true, looks like it has been privatized. But the government originally retained a significant stake in the company even after it was made publicly traded. Not sure about it today. Interesting point.

Though I think it’s even worse if a publicly traded company fails to protect its data and falls prey to the extortion. Don’t they have a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders? It seems wrong to waste their money due to incompetence at such basic infosec.

Government orgs are more difficult to hold accountable for losses than PLCs.