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St. Paul, MN, was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed (arstechnica.com)
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[–] -2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What are the chances this took place during working hours in China?

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The article says it started on a Friday morning in Minnesota. It’s clear that that’s when the attack started and not a case of the first guy starting work that day discovering that it happened, because the article also says that they tried to contain it as it was going on, but ultimately failed.

    Minnesota is at UTC-5 and China is at UTC+8, meaning when it’s morning in Minnesota, it’s already 13 hours later in China, i.e. middle of the night.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    I don’t see anything in the article that states the attack started that morning. It says that i was “first noticed” early Friday morning:

    According to remarks by St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, the attack was first noticed early in the morning of Friday, July 25.

    I’m not arguing it’s China, just that I didn’t see anything indicating they know when the attack started

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