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It'll make more sense when you realize that promoting the competence of American corporations is, in and of itself, an explicit policy goal of the American government.

>>CPLX+(OP)
If they wanted to promote competence then the damages would be applied to the corporation for implementing the vulnerability, not on the attacker for exposing it. This way, corporations are given a shield for being incompetent and can place the blame and damages upon an individual that brings them to light.

>>rjbwor+Ad
“Promoting the competence of” does not require actual competence. Exposing incompetence undermines that promotion.

The government is a lot more concerned with the image, and its effect on trade, over the substance.

>>rjbwor+Ad
Oh, if you want to actually raise competence, sure. But they meant projecting the image of competence.