Attacks that leverage Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities "have escalated," warns CNN. They cite a senior White House official saying the window for updating exposed servers is incredibly short -- "measured in hours, not days."
Why are we hearing this from a "senior White House official" and not Microsoft?
Well technically the news CNN wants you to hear about. Nothing else.
Since they sensor much of what is newsworthy out there and seem to have an agenda I don't think I will be looking for reliable tech news from CNN.
Much like slashdot these days.
Well technically the news CNN wants you to hear about. Nothing else. Since they sensor much of what is newsworthy out there and seem to have an agenda I don't think I will be looking for reliable tech news from CNN. Much like slashdot these days.
You don't like what they choose to report, so you don't consider them reliable. Got it.
Thanks for notifying everyone of your thought.
But given that you thought your thought was the only news worthy to report today, I think I'll stick with other sources. You don't seem reliable.
Except that CNN has completely quit the news business, around 2015.
It used to be a biased but reliable news source (ie, they'd interpret facts their way, but at least mention the facts even if unfavorable), it is more akin to left-winged Daily Stormer than to something reputable.
CNN is an extreme case, but this insanity has infected most of US news. Compared with the US, here in Poland only govt-run media have this hide-all-unfavourable-facts, lie-completely-otherwise shtick, while independent media, while
Same in Canada where the State Broadcasting and News system suffers the same problem. Unfortunately in Canada almost all the "broadcasters" and "publishers" (meaning Television, Radio, and Print) are "financed" by the Government -- ownership is therefore not required -- they all know on which side Justin "sex offender" Trudeau butters their bread and they all tow the party line and publish only approved opinions almost totally devoid of "fact".
The only exceptions are those (very few) outlets which do not accept Government financing. Those have their own biases but do report actually facts.
Weird chain of notification (Score:4, Interesting)
Attacks that leverage Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities "have escalated," warns CNN. They cite a senior White House official saying the window for updating exposed servers is incredibly short -- "measured in hours, not days."
Why are we hearing this from a "senior White House official" and not Microsoft?
And why is this from CNN?
Very odd.
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Why are we hearing this from a "senior White House official" and not Microsoft?
Because Microsoft is trying to limit the damage to themselves.
And why is this from CNN?
Because CNN is a news organization. Their job is to provide information about issues which people may be interested in or affects them in some way.
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Well technically the news CNN wants you to hear about. Nothing else. Since they sensor much of what is newsworthy out there and seem to have an agenda I don't think I will be looking for reliable tech news from CNN. Much like slashdot these days.
You don't like what they choose to report, so you don't consider them reliable. Got it.
Thanks for notifying everyone of your thought.
But given that you thought your thought was the only news worthy to report today, I think I'll stick with other sources. You don't seem reliable.
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Except that CNN has completely quit the news business, around 2015.
It used to be a biased but reliable news source (ie, they'd interpret facts their way, but at least mention the facts even if unfavorable), it is more akin to left-winged Daily Stormer than to something reputable.
CNN is an extreme case, but this insanity has infected most of US news. Compared with the US, here in Poland only govt-run media have this hide-all-unfavourable-facts, lie-completely-otherwise shtick, while independent media, while
Re:Weird chain of notification (Score:2)
Same in Canada where the State Broadcasting and News system suffers the same problem. Unfortunately in Canada almost all the "broadcasters" and "publishers" (meaning Television, Radio, and Print) are "financed" by the Government -- ownership is therefore not required -- they all know on which side Justin "sex offender" Trudeau butters their bread and they all tow the party line and publish only approved opinions almost totally devoid of "fact".
The only exceptions are those (very few) outlets which do not accept Government financing. Those have their own biases but do report actually facts.