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Re:UK cyber security agency backs Apple, Amazon China hack d... by apeace on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:58PM (#18151696)
Right. Wouldn't the inside sources also know if Apple/Amazon were somehow gagged? If you're going to leak the whole story, why not leak that part too?
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Re:UK cyber security agency backs Apple, Amazon China hack d... by ben_w on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:22PM (#18151834)
I have reason to believe that Apple and Amazon (and intelligence agencies) silo some data internally on a need-to-know basis wherever possible. A leaker shouldn’t be capable of leaking everything.
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Re:UK cyber security agency backs Apple, Amazon China hack d... by longerthoughts on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:45PM (#18151982)
Sure, but it wouldn't make sense to only relay the gag order to a subset of people who were aware of an incident - that would add risk and defeat the purpose of the risk-mitigating silos that you're suggesting.
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Re:UK cyber security agency backs Apple, Amazon China hack d... by apeace on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:38PM (#18151947)
So not one of the fifteen Bloomberg sources knew about any kind of gag order or reason for Apple/Amazon to deny these claims? Just saying that seems unlikely.
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