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"E-Jihad" Exaggerated by Russian Media Spin

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the its-august-so-there's-no-other-news dept.

decompiler writes "Earlier reports that cyber-terrorists would be bringing down the internet today have now been denounced as "Russian media sensationalist spin", and Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks says, "There have been no precursors to a large-scale attack.""

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  1. Ahem... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks says, "There have been no precursors to a large-scale attack."

    Except maybe for a couple of russian jetliners going down simultaneously out of the same airport.

  2. Re:They lied to us! by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why knock down the Internet, when you can knock down Russian airlines?

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  3. Re:Two things you usually don't see together by Nurseman · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Oh, who am I kidding, journalism as a profession is doomed. They may as well just give out degrees in "reporting sensationalist nonsense" and be done with it.

    You were already +5 funny, but I would have made you +5 insightful. The race to be first has replaced the race to get it right, with all phases of media. With so much pressure on rating, the quality of news has been replaced with as much sensationalisim that can fit in a 30 sec. sound bite. Thank (Deity) for Slashdot and Fark, so I can keep up with the "real" news :-)

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  4. It may not be true, but... by CritterNYC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    as I type, a big-ass piece of AT&T's backbone is having major problems.

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