Gruber doesn't get posted on HN much for some reason but he found a great tidbit on this: The reporters were flippantly dismissive of the (strong and repeated)

Gruber doesn't get posted on HN much for some reason but he found a great tidbit on this: The reporters were flippantly dismissive of the (strong and repeated) company denials.[1] Jordan Robertson was on TV saying companies have no "advantage" in "confirming" his reporting because "no consumer data [was] stolen." He seems to take very casually the distinction between "not disclosing" something and outright lying and engaging in an industry-wide conspiracy about it. He later tried to walk back that line but it's an interesting window into their mindset. It doesn't strike me as particularly strong journalistic reasoning. [1] https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/10/22/jassy-bloomberg-should-retract https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/10/22/jassy-bloomberg...