a BBC tech newsletter attributed the attack on the Internet Archive to Have I Been Pwned, which is like blaming the weather service for hurricanes. https://view.email.bbc.com/?vawpToken=PXK7BQYTXZHE7E5HKHJHMC7V3M.60238

(they've apologized to Troy Hunt and said they'll put a correction in the next newsletter)

@0xabad1dea

This being the BBC, I am certain that they will learn from their mistakes until the next time some technologically-complex failure rolls around, at which point they will attribute a BitCoin crash to Molly White.

@theogrin I think she'd be happy to take credit for that one though πŸ˜‚
@0xabad1dea I'll keep blaming the cyber weather man
@0xabad1dea people on twitter thought malware researchers vxunderground were responsible because they tweeted about it, tough to understand how a journalist would make a similar mistake though.
@realhackhistory @0xabad1dea unfortunately, it seems like a lot of "journalists" are no smarter than your average #Xitter (pronounced "shitter") user. And I'm pretty certain there are no editors any more, especially ones who proofread for typographical and other errors.
@0xabad1dea πŸ€ͺ🀦🏻
@0xabad1dea everything is the fault of Guy Goma
@0xabad1dea The American Republicans seem to be blaming hurricanes on the Democrats, so we might as well blame Troy for all data breaches. 😜
@0xabad1dea The BBC only picks the poshest, most well connected people to work in it, pampered rich kids who have no idea how the outside world works.
Anybody who has lived in the real world wouldn't be able to afford being an unpaid intern for years, hence the fuck ups the BBC makes.

@Lazarou @0xabad1dea wow, chip on your shoulder much?

The BBC employs more than twenty-two thousand people across the organisation, the UK and the rest of the world.

Are you considering all the technicians and engineers? The local TV news and radio broadcasters and technical staff? The overseas reporters? The porters, cleaners, security staff? The video and sound recordists?

No, you've just got it in for Claudia Winkleman and Jeremy Paxman, haven't you?

@WiteWulf @0xabad1dea not a single person I know who has worked in the BBC could ever be called anything remotely Working Class

Bye bye middle class reply guy πŸ‘‹

@Lazarou @0xabad1dea I think that says more about the people you know than the overall makeup of the BBC’s workforce

@0xabad1dea glad they apologized to Troy, but waiting a day to publish a correction or retraction is kinda weak when they can publish incorrect "information" instantly via email.

"We regret the error."

For shame, BBC. You should do better.

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Unclear on the concept.