[tptacek]

I've said this before, but I've always been truly and deeply disappointed that groups like this didn't plant realistic-looking stories about an alien invasion. They had the New York Times! They had The Washington Post!

Imagine: one day, the biggest papers in the country simultaneously run stories about an alien takeover of the government. Then, minutes or hours later, "poof!".

"Oh, nothing happened. Nothing you care about. It was just hackers. And swamp gas."

[omni]

This could easily lead to looting, displaced families, deaths, etc. as panicked citizens start totally losing their minds.

[X-Istence]

Will it get the citizens that are brighter than your average crayon thinking and questioning the things they read?

[morsch]

Why would it? The message was planted by a malicious group, that wouldn't affect people's faith in the legitimate authors.