No, I think you're missing the point. If it's true that rival nations will attempt to hack us for whatever reason, then it benefits us all to have a better understanding of basic cybersecurity than seeing foreign hackers as the Hand of God. Instead of examining the geopolitical problems here, this article takes us through a terrifying cyberstorm whipped up by mystical superhackers when the real perpetrators might as well have been script kiddies.
The problem is that if cybersecurity continues to be framed in this fashion, then all that shit that HN continually complains about -- security theater (via homeland security) and draconian Internet laws (remember SOPA) -- will continue to be status quo.
Script kiddies or not who cares - the effect on the small business was still effective. Like you say, its another wake up call to us all to have a better knowledge of security.
The problem is that if cybersecurity continues to be framed in this fashion, then all that shit that HN continually complains about -- security theater (via homeland security) and draconian Internet laws (remember SOPA) -- will continue to be status quo.