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Which other infosec stories did the Guardian screw up?


I don't read it, but just from a quick glance, this headline is misleading: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/07/russian-hacker...

>An investigation by the FBI has concluded that Russian hackers were responsible for sending out fake messages from the Qatari government, sparking the Gulf’s biggest diplomatic crisis in decades.

>It is believed that the Russian government was not involved in the hacks; instead, freelance hackers were paid to undertake the work on behalf of some other state or individual.

They could've easily made the headline "FBI: Qatar hackers of Russian nationality". By making the first 2 words of the headline "Russian hackers", they're obviously trying to take advantage of the recent surge in reports over Russian state-sponsored hacking. Most readers who see that headline are going to assume they meant "Russian state hackers", until they read the second paragraph.

That said, I don't see any factual errors in the article itself.




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