The hacking story is suspect

This New Year's weekend, the news has been full of reports that the Russians hacked a power grid in the Northeast. It seems that they are relying on facts not in evidence. 1) The actual grid was not hacked, but a laptop used by one of the employees that was never attached to the grid, and 2) the malware is a commodity available from many sources and can't necessarily be associated with the Russians. Read the analysis  More here Probably the owner of the laptop clicked on an e-mail attachment like those I get every day. I am also suspicious about the alleged Russian hacking of the election.

Update: The Washington Post has updated the story to indicate that the grid was not hacked by the Russians Funny, I knew this by the second day when NBC was still leading with the Russian version. Don't any of those news interns read the Drudge Report?

Update 2: Assange insists it wasn't the Russians who provided the DNC e-mails. Who do you trust: Assange or "you can keep your doctor" Obama?

Update 3: Let's don't start a new cold war because somebody hacked Podesta's e-mail
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/02/russians-hacking-podesta-emails-democrats-glenn-reynolds-column/96081006/