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Re:Airbus hit by series of cyber attacks on suppliers by bobthepanda on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:11PM (#21128722)
"Airbus Suppliers Hit in State-Sponsored Attack" would imply China is 100% known to be the hacking operation, and that China was convicted of doing such a thing in a court. This is not true, and would be grounds for libel.

"Airbus Suppliers Possibly Hit in Chinese State-Sponsored Attack" is less attractive as a headline.

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Re:Airbus hit by series of cyber attacks on suppliers by roywiggins on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:29PM (#21128928)
Is there any way you can "libel" a country outside of sedition? Worrying about publishing something that might be seditious in China seems like splitting hairs, since the body of the article directly points the finger at Chinese hackers.
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Re:Airbus hit by series of cyber attacks on suppliers by swagasaurus-rex on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:23PM (#21129504)
Libel against a country?

That's like slandering the ground.

Reminds me of Xerxes, king of Persia had the ocean whipped after a storm destroyed his bridge.

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