Is it possible she apologised the first time and they just felt sorry for her? Maybe they thought givning her another chance would give some direction to her life. I mean I can understand someone feeling sorry for her in spite of how ugly she comes across at times.
More likely it is to throw an out of control animal a bone to keep it still for a bit. TSR Inc. isn't about feelings unless it is to manipulate opinion. First and foremost they are about control, of their people, of OTHER people, of user made tools and content, of their profit margins. Otherwise we wouldn't be here talking about them, I'd wager.
Absolutely agree that sharing private info as TSR did (and defended publicly) was and continues to be the poorest, most selfish and egregious decision that should have been strangled at the merest suggestion. Instead they eagerly handed out shovels and dug their own hole. But this explains the hold Atwa has over them. They've long known she's got information she should have never had access to (much of which shouldn't even be collected in the first place) and has shown herself to be wildly flippant in her use of it to somehow get back in TSR's good graces.
They handed out the shovels and Atwa (if it is indeed just Atwa) is using hers to beat them about the head and neck so they might love her again. It's almost psychotically fitting.