"So what’s so special about news sites, when every site on the internet is at risk? News organizations have worked hard to earn the trust of their readers, and brands are what differentiates a press release on a random blog from a reported story by the New York Times. The Reuters hacks were ham-handed, but they hint at a new wave of sophisticated hackers who can cleverly insert disinformation deep into the pages of the BBC or The Washington Post in order to push a political agenda, move a stock, or just have a few laughs at the cost of misinforming the public."
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