Most major corporations are not stupid enough to do that though, and if they do, their lawyers will tell them to just settle and the responsible person (or a scapegoat) will quietly move on. Far more likely it's some random blogger or low-rent publication grabbing stuff off the Internet.

They still pay.

Like I said, the right message sent to the right person in the right way works 90% of the time.

This comes from actual experience, not just some rando second-guesser on the internet who thinks his suppositions are truth.