Yeah, well known marketing trick that Big Companies do.

Oil companies: we are causing global warming with all this carbon emissions, are you scared yet? so buy our stock

Pharma companies: our drugs are unsafe, full of side effects, and kill a lot of people, are you scared yet? so buy our stock

Software companies: our software is full of bugs, will corrupt your files and make you lose money, are you scared yet? so buy our stock

Classic marketing tactics, very effective.