What method did they use to determine this was a genuine phenomenon? There's so many "weasel words" as wikipedia calls it in this article. "Computer experts." Y

What method did they use to determine this was a genuine phenomenon? There's so many "weasel words" as wikipedia calls it in this article. "Computer experts." Yeah, which computer experts? They're just generic experts in computers, not any actual field within computer science? They found 6 results, but obviously those results aren't made available for us, or anyone else, to scrutinize and fact-check.