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Exactly 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 Ma
by miles 8y ago
Exactly 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