The point is the headline implies something more expansive than the article's content; and if some other company would promise to fix sending private data in cleartext sometimes later in the next year, HN would have a fit.
Others have pointed out that you are misunderstanding what the word "addresses" means. If they had announced that "tough shit, we ain't changing it" that would still be addressing the issue. Addressing does not mean "fixed" or "resolved".
