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Statement from the Burlington utility, per that BFP story.pic.twitter.com/25cHENWh0a
Pretty amazing how badly the Post appears to have mangled this one. You didn't call the Vermont utility regulator before publishing?
The main reason I wish Twitter had an edit button is so I could add a "see later tweets" label to my initial tweet here. @jack
Anyway, that's the last time I tweet a non-Nakashima WaPo hacking story without a big caveat.
Sorry, other Post reporters. You're great at your things! But there's a reason I don't cover education policy.
Compare the initial and current versions of the headline.pic.twitter.com/ejbE3A7eZ7
I'm amazed* at how many people think the Post's behavior here was the result of an agenda or conspiracy rather than an error. (*not amazed)
Yes, even an air gapped setup is vulnerable to malware that can bypass it. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/12/03/researchers_michael_hanspach_michael_goetz_prove_malware_can_jump_air_gap.html … https://www.wired.com/2014/12/hacker-lexicon-air-gap/ …https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/815046102927941632 …
In statement, @SenatorLeahy says Vermont state police briefed him tonight about the utility malware. https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-reaction-on-russian-hacking-of-a-vermont-electric-utility …pic.twitter.com/VTEZj37Dj2
not to mention the existence of malware on a laptop is not proof of Russians hacking into that facility.
: Well that's my point. The Post clearly didn't know what the actual breach was, or they wouldn't have said what they did.
The Russians have been in our power grid for quite a while. Ted Koppel wrote a book about it.pic.twitter.com/bJolmWLO3r
maybe, but a piece of malware on a laptop doesn't specifically indicate targeted hacking w/o more evidence.
My point was, WSJ causing panic NOW over this possible malware in VT is irresponsible when they're ALREADY in the grid.
It was the Washington Post, not the WSJ. See -- everybody is fk'ing up on this one!
(Including me, who should have contracted that as "f'king"!)
Lol! I have a headache and can't keep them all straight. Now The Hill is reporting on it too. They're all a little late.
Its actually not amazing given their recent track record.
Come on now. They didn't want anybody to shoot that story down before they blasted those scary headlines. (I'm serious)
.@ericgeller well that deescalated quickly
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