A freight train has derailed in Russia �because of interference by unauthorised persons�.
  • SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.deEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    It’s a relevant distinction.

    Interference by unauthorized person’s = outsider threat.

    Other possibilities could be intentional malicious actions by authorized people (insider threat), or a mistake by authorized people (human error, incompetence, negligence, …)

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Right on.

      It’s just that I’d have expected those synonyms to have been used in the headline.

      Though thinking about it some more: maybe the vagueness is actually more correct if it’s unknown if the interference was deliberate.

      I suppose it’s a small mercy that the headline wasn’t “unauthorised interference on Russian railway, you’ll never guess how many cars detailed”.