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It's really regrettable that "cyberattack" can mean so many very different things, and reporters rarely clarify. Is it a random ransomware infection? Or is it a
by aluminum96 5y ago
It's really regrettable that "cyberattack" can mean so many very different things, and reporters rarely clarify. Is it a random ransomware infection? Or is it a targeted attack by a national adversary?
It really could be either, and they have very different implications!
- elmomle 5y agoThough the timing is suspicious, it's presently not known which of the two it is, so the ambiguous phrasing seems appropriate.
- fomine3 5y agoI don't know but recently Emotet email worm is widespreading in Japan
- oneplane 5y agoDomestic doesn't mean a whole lot when reporting about a multinational. Domestic from the seat pof power? Domestic from the perspective of potential buyers? Domestic from the point of the reporter? I know clicking through will tell me, but even without taking 'cyber' into account, meaning in 'simplified' news headlines is hard to find with the huge amount of specifics and context required with a lot of global news coverage.