Out of the loop

Gives me Laughing Man vibes. Ghost in the Shell storyline where an incident involving a hacktivist holding a healthcare CEO hostage ends up leading to investigations and CEOs and corrupt politicians going down.

In a way, yes. But only because they hid the financial impact of their reaction to his actions from investors.

It's like shinzo abe's death putting a spotlight on the moonies

So, the answer is yes. Violent action against capitalist faux authorities, will almost always result in them backing down into the hole they crawled out from, and it will also add scrutiny to their actions past and present. The only problem is that the tactic is under utilized