First thing I noticed was really the fact that it took these companies so long to put these statements out there, in Mark's case less than an hour ago as of the time of this posting.
Personally, if someone accused my company of giving customer data to the government, and a large segment of my users believed these claims, then I would switch to damage control mode and send a statement out within 6 hours at the most.
Then again, I suppose if you sent out a statement too soon, then people might think that you knew in advance about the leak.
Well, anyway, the weirdness I observed pales in comparison to the odd coincidence you discovered.
First thing I noticed was really the fact that it took these companies so long to put these statements out there, in Mark's case less than an hour ago as of the time of this posting.
Personally, if someone accused my company of giving customer data to the government, and a large segment of my users believed these claims, then I would switch to damage control mode and send a statement out within 6 hours at the most.
Then again, I suppose if you sent out a statement too soon, then people might think that you knew in advance about the leak.
Well, anyway, the weirdness I observed pales in comparison to the odd coincidence you discovered.