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The HN comments here at the time weren't great either: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30850983 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30850983 Despite it b
by gonehome 4y ago
The HN comments here at the time weren't great either: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30850983 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30850983
Despite it being clear that Krebs was wrong on this issue for some time, it showed the extent of his influence and the attacker's success in leveraging it to manipulate the public (including HN users).
Hopefully his retraction at least helps with that.
- itsoktocry 4y ago>The HN comments here at the time weren't great either Amazing, people accusing you of "astroturfing" (an HN favourite, doesn't even make sense in this context). These are the comment threads that cross my mind when people claim this forum is atypically "smart".