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Perhaps, but only slightly imho. To your average HN denizen, 'hacked' implies the account was completely compromised. To the wider world it might well include p
by tomalpha 8y ago
Perhaps, but only slightly imho. To your average HN denizen, 'hacked' implies the account was completely compromised. To the wider world it might well include partial compromise and/or the communications to/from the account even if the attackers didn't gain total control. Which is what this appears to be.
My parents, for example, would not understand the difference.
- mrweasel 8y ago>My parents, for example, would not understand the difference. Nor should they be expected to, but the BBC should know the difference. Facebooks stock price could be hurt due to this reporting, even though it shouldn't. This could be seen as an attempt at manipulating the stock price of a public trade company. Of cause it's just incompetence, but still.
- mprev 8y agoThe average tech reporter for a public service broadcaster most likely does not know the difference. How often do you read mainstream tech reporting and find yourself complimenting the journalist on their insight and factual correctness?
- mrweasel 8y agoWell... pretty much all the time. That doesn't mean it's okay if they potentially hurt people and companies financially.
- ht85 8y agoYou have to account for everything when evaluating a company, and that includes negative sentiment of the public about using an application. Even if the company didn't do anything wrong.
- mrweasel 8y agoI would says is roughly the same as posting a news story about fuelling your car at Texaco destroys the cars engine, and that it's a Texaco issue, even if the truth is that someone just accidentally choose diesel, rather than petrol.
- sp332 8y agoTo me it places the blame in the wrong place. In this case Facebook doesn't seem to have done anything wrong.