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Should it not be "Hackers Stole Detailed Personal Data of 14 Million People from Facebook" ?
by sorokod 8y ago
Should it not be "Hackers Stole Detailed Personal Data of 14 Million People from Facebook" ?
- miles 8y agoExactly this. Please forgive me reposting an old comment[0]: This sort of victim blaming is all too common in the mainstream press: IRS Says More Taxpayers May Have Been Hacked http://time.com/4000659/irs-taxpayer-hacked-cybercrime/ http://time.com/4000659/irs-taxpayer-hacked-cybercrime/ It wasn't the taxpayers that were hacked - it was the IRS. Hackers stole personal information from 104,000 taxpayers, IRS says https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/05/26/hackers-stole-personal-information-from-104000-taxpayers-irs-says/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/05/2... Hackers did not steal personal information from 104,000 taxpayers - they stole it from the IRS. Smaller media outlets often get it right: Over 700,000 People Got Screwed in Last Year's IRS Data Breach http://gizmodo.com/over-700-000-people-got-screwed-in-last-years-irs-data-1761565531 http://gizmodo.com/over-700-000-people-got-screwed-in-last-y... [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13681544 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13681544
- crunchiebones 8y agoI guess directly mentioning the user makes it sounds more personal, and click-worthy
- Zelphyr 8y agoExactly. If it’s “hackers stole my data from [insert company here]” then it should really be my data. In which case, I want those companies to either delete it or pay me for it.