The day after the deflective press release is published Secure Voting Systems experienced a major backlash from multiple stakeholders.

Public criticism on social media was harsh with hashtags like #UnhackTheVote and #InsecureVotingSystems trending.

Customers in the sales pipeline called in with complaints. And, the investors threatened to pull funding if the company did not own up to its faults.

Maya calls you to her office for an urgent discussion.

Maya

Well, sadly our attempt to deflect the scandal has failed miserably. Why do you think that happened?

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Why might a deflective message receive negative feedback? $($Select all that apply.$)$

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Minimizing the seriousness of the hack is disrespectful to all stakeholders, especially legal voters.

Some of our Def Con materials were not accurate, and could be considered false advertising.

Saying that the Def Con environment does not match reality is not being completely honest.

Stating that competitors were also hacked is irresponsible and unfair to the other firms.

The response was timely and should have been well$-$received.

The message was intended to soothe concerns and was simply misunderstood.