> It wasn't the government making exaggerated statements to the press, it was this private company. Can you source this claim? Here is text from the original W

> It wasn't the government making exaggerated statements to the press, it was this private company. Can you source this claim? Here is text from the original WaPo article - http://archive.is/8AEHq http://archive.is/8AEHq - While it is unclear which utility reported the incident, there are just two major utilities in Vermont, Green Mountain Power and Burlington Electric. If BE was "making exaggerated statements to the press", then why is it "unclear which utility reported the incident"? The only statement I see from BE is the one they released on their site: On Thursday night, the Burlington Electric Department was alerted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of a malware code used in Grizzly Steppe, the name DHS has applied to recent malicious cyber activity. We acted quickly to scan all computers in our system for the malware signature. We detected suspicious Internet traffic in a single Burlington Electric Department computer not connected to our organization’s grid systems. We took immediate action to isolate the laptop and alerted federal officials of this finding. There is no indication that either our electric grid or customer information has been compromised. Media reports stating that Burlington Electric was hacked or that the electric grid was breached are false. EDIT: One of the posters here linked to a much better analysis - http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2017/01/01/fake-news-and-how-the-washington-post-rewrote-its-story-on-russian-hacking-of-the-power-grid/#59b73869291e http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2017/01/01/fake-new...