{"id":61927,"date":"2017-01-01T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T21:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=61927"},"modified":"2017-01-01T17:31:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T21:31:26","slug":"the-washington-post-makes-up-more-fake-news-regarding-who-hacked-vermont-utility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=61927","title":{"rendered":"The Washington Post Makes Up More Fake News Regarding Who Hacked Vermont Utility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facts force Washington Post to backtrack on report that Russia hacked US power grid<\/h1>\n

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The Washington Post has corrected an article in which it said that Russian hackers had infiltrated the US power grid at a Vermont utility. The newspaper now says authorities have no such \u201cindications\u201d as people on social media claim the outlet promotes \u201cfake news.\u201d<\/p>\n

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No real proof in \u2018Russian hacking\u2019 report, as it lacks crucial details \u2013 ex-NSA tech director to RT<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

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\nOn Friday, Burlington Electric, a Vermont-based power company, raised an alarm after finding malware code on a company laptop. Referring to undisclosed officials, the Washington Post then ran a damning headline, saying that \u201cRussian operation hacked a Vermont utility\u201d<\/em> which posed a risk \u201cto US electrical grid security.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Yet it turns out that the laptop that was penetrated wasn\u2019t even attached to the power network, according to a statement from Burlington Electric. \u201cWe detected suspicious internet traffic in a single Burlington Electric Department computer not connected to our organization\u2019s grid systems,\u201d<\/em> the message reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No evidence of a Russian trace has been released either. Eventually, the Washington Post issued a correction<\/a>\u00a0to its article. \u201cAn earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Russian hackers had penetrated the US electric grid. Authorities say there is no indication of that so far,\u201d<\/em> the statement said. The headline, blatantly accusing \u201cRussian hackers\u201d<\/em> of breaching the US power grid, remains, though.<\/p>\n

Glen Greenwald, a prominent US journalist who was among those breaking the story on Edward Snowden\u2019s leaks on the NSA spying scandal, said the case suits America\u2019s anti-Russian agenda. \u201cIt matters even more because it reflects the deeply irrational and ever-spiraling fever that is being cultivated in US political discourse and culture about the threat posed by Moscow,\u201d<\/em> Greenwald wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/twitter.com\/TheXclass\/status\/815553153496182784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, people on social media teamed up in slamming the material by the Washington Post as another instance of \u201cfake news.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The WaPo caught promoting another fake news story. Since election, the paper has turned into The Washington Post Mortem.<\/p>\n

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) January 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n