Comment by markerz
Why try to hide it? It’s like public disclosures of security vulnerabilities. You directly contact the few people who have actionable data and means to address the problem, then you tell the world that they’re impacted and should be aware that such a problem exists so we don’t repeat it.
Private disclosures for more sensitive vulnerabilities are a recommended practice. In your analogy, that's why I aluded to.
In such cases, you only share the sensitive vulnerability publicly once there is a fix. For this case, there seems to be no fix.
One could think of it as a way to promote more scrutinized hiring processes, but it actually encourages widespread paranoia and fear.
It seems your analogy is valid, but the conclusion is that it supports what I said.