The "hacked" part is only an assumption, isn't it? The leaked information could also come from, say, a whistleblower. An employee that suddenly developed a sense of ethics.
> On Friday, Fisher claimed to have hacked the bank in 2016 and proposed a "Hacktivist Bug Hunting Program" that would offer bounties of up to $100,000 to those who hacked and dumped documents "in the public interest" from companies such as "South America, Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group, and oil company Halliburton."
They’ll be following the story closely as it unfolds.
[1] https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-look-at-ime...
The first paragraph of the article broadly mentions an alt scenario. "Or, at least, an enormous trove of documents was leaked to journalists."
Nope.
They are trying to plausibly deny their bullshit by saying "Ey... look -- weez alsa beenz haxd... we no do dis..."
Yep - nope - fuck this company...
*laughs all the way to the bank with palantir folks.....