Recent events are a reminder that we must be eternally skeptical. We need to be especially skeptical of the mainstream media as well as other sources.
Today we add the most recent flurry about the “21 states hacked by Russia before the 2016 election”, and more. The story continues to fall apart, bit by bit. Yet, we suspect the truth is far from common knowledge.
And an Intercept story by Kim Zetter reviewing a report by Kaspersky Lab Masquerading Hackers Are Forcing a Rethink of How Attacks Are Traced. The title pretty much says it all. Attribution is difficult, yet often possible.