If this did happen, you would think this would be better substantiated by now. All the articles I'm finding on it are very clear at the top that it is an 'unverified' report - you'd think they'd be able to find atleast one of the 1200 engineers willing to talk to them.

Perhaps I'm too cynical but I'm not sure I believe this until a credible news source names the exec or has it substantiated by an engineer.