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Brian Schatz: “You do not do it very well for a living, except to the extent that you make massive profits off of making mistakes.”

On the recordOctober 3, 2017
You do not do it very well for a living, except to the extent that you make massive profits off of making mistakes.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Schatz criticizes the company's cybersecurity performance and profit motives.

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