Facebook has been the first internet company to baldly state the risks it faces from hacking and spam to the markets since the SEC issued guidance on the issue. In October last year, the US Securities and Exchange Commission told publically listed companies that it was about time they talked about the cyber-attacks they had …

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Thursday 2nd February 2012 13:39 GMT Solly

"Facebook has been the first internet company to baldly state the risks it faces from hacking and spam to the markets since the SEC issued guidance on the issue."

They haven't hired Steve Balmer to make their announcements have they?

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Thursday 2nd February 2012 14:07 GMT Lord Raa

How does one "baldly state a risk"?

Do they get a follically challenged individual to read out the prepared text?

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1. Thursday 2nd February 2012 14:09 GMT diodesign
  
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  "How does one 'baldly state a risk'?"
  
  In a plain or blunt manner, as per the dictionary definition.
  
  C.
  
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  1. Thursday 2nd February 2012 18:49 GMT Lord Raa
    
    And here's me thinking one would "boldly state a risk".
    
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    1. Friday 3rd February 2012 10:25 GMT yoinkster
      
      As is my understanding:
      
      To boldly state - To state something with power, courage or bravery.
      
      "i'm going to beat Chuck Norris in a fight" yoinkster boldly stated.
      
      To baldly state - To state something bluntly or in a manner that does not disguise its meaning.
      
      "I'm going to fail this exam because I spent too long replying to forums on the register" yoinkster baldly stated.
      
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      1. Friday 3rd February 2012 13:23 GMT Lord Raa
        
        I Stand Corrected
        
        Fair enough, I think we can chalk this one up to a combination of poor memory, an inconsistent education system and a mediocre student.
        
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Thursday 2nd February 2012 15:03 GMT Elmer Phud

Bloody Vikings!

Does this mean that there will be spam of warnings about spam and spam that appears to be spammed warnings of spam?

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Thursday 2nd February 2012 17:40 GMT Graham Marsden

"Because of our prominence...

"... we believe that we are a particularly attractive target for such attacks"

And there was me thinking that the risk was from your "let's change the default settings to make everything public and *then* tell people what we've done" policies...

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