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> In the end, the story's spread can be explained by a journalist's simply misunderstanding that made the story much more virulent. Bollocks, you're letting th
by hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
> In the end, the story's spread can be explained by a journalist's simply misunderstanding that made the story much more virulent.
Bollocks, you're letting the "journalist" off way too easily. That toothbrush story was simply "a story too good to vet", meaning, sure, the author had a convenient excuse blaming it on a "misunderstanding", and while I don't believe the author was necessarily lying, I do believe they had no incentive to dig any more deeply because the toothbrush bot army story was already clickbait enough.
- lupusreal 3y agoJournalists seem to do an awful job with the kind of stories I understand, but surely they do better most of the time...
- CaptainFever 3y agoAh, the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect. https://theportal.wiki/wiki/The_Gell-Mann_Amnesia_Effect https://theportal.wiki/wiki/The_Gell-Mann_Amnesia_Effect
- richij 3y agoAFAICS, it wasn't the journalist's fault. It was the Swiss PR spokesman. While the company concerned made a mild followup statement implying the journalist misunderstood because of a translation error, both parties spoke Swiss German as a native language. tl;dr: It was Fortinet's fault and they tried to cover it up: https://securityboulevard.com/2024/02/toothbrush-ddos-botnet-bollocks-richixbw/ https://securityboulevard.com/2024/02/toothbrush-ddos-botnet...