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>>haunte+(OP)
Funko's statement:

>At Funko, we hold a deep respect and appreciation for indie games, indie gamers, and indie developers. We’re fans of fans, and we love the creativity and passion that define the indie gaming community.

>Recently, one of our brand protection partners identified a page on http://itch.io imitating the Funko Fusion development website. A takedown request was issued to address this specific page. Funko did not request a takedown of the @itchio platform, and we’re happy the site was back up by this morning.

>We have reached out to @itchio to engage with them on this issue and we deeply appreciate the understanding of the gaming community as the details are determined. Thank you for sharing in our passion for creativity.

https://twitter.com/originalfunko/status/1866255848366039468

>>haunte+sb
That sounds like a clear lie, no? If your wish is for someone to take down a specific page, you don't report them to their domain registrar for fraud.

>>mort96+Nb
They are saying "a partner did this, not us"

>>bill87+Sc
A few years ago, my bank mailed me a letter basically saying "A partner got hacked and lost your personal information. It was totally the partner's fault, not ours! We care about keeping your identity safe!"

And guess which company I was mad at? The company I bank with, or the generically-named sub-contracted company that the bank only partnered with so they didn't have to be held liable for potential breach of PCI and various laws? (Spoiler: It was the bank.)

Point being, Funko can try to cover their vinyl butts as much as they want. The bad PR is going where it belongs. I only wish the finical repercussions would too for things like this.

>>TheCra+6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9ptA3Ya9E

>>finnth+Hn
As much as I enjoy and share that link, I don't think it's quite the same: It would actually be more honest if banks had said: "Our deliberately insecure processes were exploited by scammers, but it's some contractor's fault."

In contrast, "identity theft" is trying to re-characterize the type of failure in order to blame the consumer.

> It was garbage, but it had been cooked by an expert. [...] The Grand Trunk’s problems were clearly the result of some mysterious spasm in the universe and had nothing to do with greed, arrogance, and willful stupidity. Oh, the Grand Trunk management had made mistakes—oops, "well-intentioned judgments which, with the benefit of hindsight, might regrettably have been, in some respects, in error"—but these had mostly occurred, it appeared, while correcting "fundamental systemic errors" committed by the previous management. No one was sorry for anything, because no living creature had done anything wrong; bad things had happened by spontaneous generation in some weird, chilly, geometric otherworld, and "were to be regretted."

-- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett