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Cyberattack from outside the U.S. hits newspapers across the country, preventing distribution, source says Let's go in with Occam's Razor: RLY? No. Theory:
by gerdesj 8y ago
Cyberattack from outside the U.S. hits newspapers across the country, preventing distribution, source says
Let's go in with Occam's Razor: RLY? No.
Theory: We don't have useful backups and suffered a IT meltdown. Soz.
- zozbot123 8y agoAh, the "We got hacked!" excuse is growing in popularity...
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- mirimir 8y agoRight. They arguably have no clue about the source.
- gerdesj 8y agoTo be fair: I am only theorising.
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- newnewpdro 8y agoIt sounded like they're making the assumption based on the type of malware used: > “Ryuk” attacks are “highly targeted, well-resourced and > planned,” according to an August advisory by the U.S. > Department of Health and Human Services’ cybersecurity > program. Victims are deliberately targeted and “only > crucial assets and resources are infected in each targeted > network.” "well-resourced" I imagine shifts the probability towards the "state sponsored" direction, and they probably know more than they're sharing in the article. I do agree that the headline seems inappropriately assertive of the attack being of foreign origin.