This story needs to be upvoted 1000 times. Why are financial institution so _bad...

feld · on Dec 22, 2014

Probably mainframes that they can't get rid of, or systems emulating / used to working with them.

colinbartlett · on Dec 22, 2014

I presume they "can't" because it's too expensive?

How expensive is too expensive for some of the richest companies in the world?

nkantar · on Dec 24, 2014

When it costs more than the perceived value of benefits.

"Acceptable risk" is the usual term, I believe.

einhverfr · on Dec 22, 2014

> Why are financial institution so _bad_ at password policies?

Legacy code written quickly in 1998 and not replaced yet?