They didn’t, they bought the data, and only the data, in a bankruptcy auction.
Everything is on sale for the highest bidder in an effort to get as much money to pay the company debt as possible. Buying the actual company would be suicide, as then you also get all that debt.
I’m not sure how, but buying a company for just the data should be illegal.
They didn’t, they bought the data, and only the data, in a bankruptcy auction.
Everything is on sale for the highest bidder in an effort to get as much money to pay the company debt as possible. Buying the actual company would be suicide, as then you also get all that debt.
I think that’s the point, they could keep it afloat as competition for what they paid
Unfortunately even though that isn’t the case here, companies get bought up for parts all the time.