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digi_owl on May 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: New worm can propagate between power-plant control...

The Register's headlines are specifically constructed to emulate the scaretype headlines of British newspapers like The Daily Mail.

Think of it as their kind of snark. After all it is a site that has "biting the hand that feeds IT" as their subtitle.

scholia on May 8, 2016 [–]

True, but it became tired and tiresome more than a decade ago. It may well be costing them a lot of readers....

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