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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
@ericgeller not to mention the existence of malware on a laptop is not proof of Russians hacking into that facility.
@scottaw: 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.
@ericgeller @scottaw The Russians have been in our power grid for quite a while. Ted Koppel wrote a book about it.pic.twitter.com/bJolmWLO3r
@welcome_2_1984 @ericgeller maybe, but a piece of malware on a laptop doesn't specifically indicate targeted hacking w/o more evidence.
@scottaw @ericgeller My point was, WSJ causing panic NOW over this possible malware in VT is irresponsible when they're ALREADY in the grid.
@welcome_2_1984 It was the Washington Post, not the WSJ. See -- everybody is fk'ing up on this one!
@welcome_2_1984 (Including me, who should have contracted that as "f'king"!)
@BCM_USA 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.
.@ericgeller well that deescalated quickly
@ericgeller @pmcall Come on now. They didn't want anybody to shoot that story down before they blasted those scary headlines. (I'm serious)
@ericgeller it doesn't matter; that bell has been rung and millions of people will now be convinced "The Russians hacked the election."
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