I disagree. Calling the story a straight-up lie was a mistake, and link bait to boot. I thought Biddle failed to understand what the risk to "The Internet" truly was, and how an attack like this (based on a known architecture vulnerability), if repeated or made more common or effective, could cripple a tier 1 provider and cause serious routing issues, among other things.

NYTimes especially has been hyping up cyberattacks and cyberwarfare a lot lately.

Better, but still a long way before it's factually correct.