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That is a commonly used technique actually and one to throw off the scent of false attribution. Although no evidence is cited in the article and all the nebulou
by notlukesky 7y ago
That is a commonly used technique actually and one to throw off the scent of false attribution. Although no evidence is cited in the article and all the nebulous case is built on anonymous sources.
The last disastrous piece on the alleged hack of firmware at AWS and Apple by the Chinese was built on anonymous sources as well and the cyberhacking article was not retracted or apologized by Bloomberg.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-h...
Time will not be forgiving to the authors of this article.
Maybe Reuters has article quotas on cyberattacks per month and it’s close to the end of the month and they need to fill it somehow. It’s the journalistic equivalent of being pulled over by cops for no reason towards the end of the month so they can issue a ticket and fulfill their quota.
And my favorite part is Turkish interests. Is that a couple of script kiddies who speak Turkish sitting in a basement in their pjs taking a break from Fortnite or PUBG?
This article makes Judith Miller look like a real journalist like Walter Cronkite. Judith Miller of NY Times wrote stories based on multiple western anonymous and credible sources covering WMD in Iraq.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Miller https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Miller