Replace 'members' with 'constituents' and VOILA! One instant, potted, post-data-leak government press release.

The people who say these things - do they still believe that it's in any way reassuring anymore?

Firstly - the 'vulnerability' was not closed within 30 minutes after they became aware of it on Saturday - the 16th was Tuesday. Both the SUPPORT and FEEDBACK functions were open for over a week - scrolling through feedback included comments about members including 'inappropriate emailing' and 'Abusive behaviour'

As for them bleating about why no one told them it was wide open before going public - I'm sure a couple of people would have loved to give them a heads up. Sadly their policy of banning anyone who criticises either their customer service or site functionality appears to have come back and bitten them on the backside.

I think linkedin might have something to say about that.

How many times do we hear "we treat the privacy of our members as a top priority" immediately after a gaffe like this?