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		crististm on Sept 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An Important Message About Yahoo User Security Have anybody found out who was behind any of the recent and not so recent large scale DDOS talked about also here on HN? Besides, "they" don't claim anything. "They" cleverly claim that "_it_ believes" it was a state-actor. Who is this _it_ they conveniently hide?

blowski on Sept 23, 2016 [–]

The whole article refers to Yahoo in the third person, and "it" is also referring to Yahoo.

Occam's Razor applies here: the simplest explanation is that they are telling the truth, insofar as they have been able to establish it.

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