Could be a weird variant of insider trading. Pay some "security consultants" to call up reporters and throw your own company under a fictitious bus. Then, when the stock dives, buy.
Problem with that idea is that it wouldn't just chase investors away temporarily, it would chase customers away who are a lot harder to get back.
Problem with that idea is that it wouldn't just chase investors away temporarily, it would chase customers away who are a lot harder to get back.