Such "hail corporate"... How about you look at it another way: the stock price is increasing because the app just got super popular the last few days, but users might not be aware of the privacy implications of the app, and curious experts started digging into it to see if it's a safe app.

It'd be like saying the people who were investigating Dieselgate were doing it because they wanted to destroy VW's stock price, instead of caring about the health of humans.