Justice Department trims back its own China-hack claims after overstatement
The Justice Department issued a correction after its earlier statement overstated which federal agencies had actually been compromised in the cyberattack it was describing. That kind of revision matters because public cyber claims are supposed to be precise, not inflated for effect. It also raises fresh questions about how carefully the government is characterizing the breach and whether its first version was more dramatic than accurate. In a cyber case, getting the nouns wrong is not a small detail; it is the whole credibility test.
The Justice Department issued a correction after its earlier statement overstated which federal agencies had actually been compromised in the cyberattack it was describing. That kind of revision matters because public cyber claims are supposed to be precise, not inflated for effect. It also raises fresh questions about how carefully the government is characterizing the breach and whether its first version was more d…
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