FBI: Hundreds Of Thousands May Lose Internet In July

I really dislike the way this has been handled. Yes, I'm sure the FBI is legally prohibited from notifying the victims of the problem directly or even fixing it remotely, but there are many other avenues available to address the issue than needlessly partnering with a single private contractor. Even the posts addressing the issue don't provide clear instructions to verify or clean the issue, and the external sites they reference are provided by DNS name rather than IP.

I think that at the very least the G20 need to agree to the creation of some form of unified body able to address these types of issues effectively. For that to happen the governments involved would need understanding and expertise in online security, which they are all sorely lacking. It's going to be a very rocky road.

Not to be a jerk, but I don't come to HN to see headlines from the Huffington Post. In restrospect I don't think I should have commented.