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Washington Post Admits its ‘Russians Hacked a US Utility’ Story Was ‘Fake News’
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 11:25
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Over the weekend we noted that the Washington Post was caught spreading “fake news” about an alleged attempt by “Russian hackers” to take over a Vermont Utility (see “Washington Post Caught Spreading More Fake News About ‘Russian Hackers’“). Within hours of reporting that the “Russian hackers” had gained access to the electrical grid, the Burlington Electric Department in Vermont had to issue a statement confirming that the provocative Wapo story simply wasn’t true and that a laptop found to be infected with malware was never actually connected to the grid. An embarrassed Wapo was subsequently forced to change it’s sensationalized headline and publish a retraction …. http://www.zerohedge.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2017/01/washington-post-admits-its-russians.html
