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Re:More states confirm suspected cyberattacks sourced to DHS by apeace on Monday December 19, 2016 @12:19PM (#13213016)
I'm shocked that this story seems to be upvoted less than the Gimli Glider story which has been on the front page for more than a day.

One would think that the recent allegations of Russian hacking [0], as well as these allegations, would be of interest to the HN community. Whether either of the allegations is well-founded or not, they need to be investigated and understood by the public.

It's worth noting that the President spent a great deal of his final press conference discussing the Russian hacking issue [1].

Why is this not bigger news, especially here?

[0] http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/19/politics/russian-election-hack...

[1] https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/12/18/obamas-response-to-rus...

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Re:More states confirm suspected cyberattacks sourced to DHS by Fjolsvith on Monday December 19, 2016 @02:27PM (#13214248)
Could it be because it delegitimatizes the reports of Russia being to blame for election agency hacking?
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Re:More states confirm suspected cyberattacks sourced to DHS by cvwright on Monday December 19, 2016 @04:28PM (#13215127)
Could be part of it. Also, election fatigue. The 2016 election has dominated every news cycle for more than a year. Everybody is just plain tired of it, for better or worse.
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Re:More states confirm suspected cyberattacks sourced to DHS by dellpluslinux89 on Monday December 19, 2016 @07:48PM (#13216407)
Because it is a non-story:

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/310812-dhs-responds-to-...

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