---
date: '2018-08-08'
title: 'OIG report: FCC lied about being hacked'
description: "The OIG report shows that Pai knew from the start that the story of a hack-attack was unsupported by evidence and disputed by experts -- we knew that too, because those experts were speaking publicly at the time, but it's great to see it in official black-and-white."
tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality']
---

**[Cory Doctorow:](https://boingboing.net/2018/08/08/lying-about-lying.html)**

> The OIG report shows that Pai knew from the start that the story of a hack-attack was unsupported by evidence and disputed by experts -- we knew that too, because those experts were speaking publicly at the time, but it's great to see it in official black-and-white.<!-- excerpt -->

> It also shows that Pai was informed in advance that John Oliver was about to put out a very public, high-profile call for comments, and that Pai did not inform his IT staff to expect this surge, virtually guaranteeing that the website would crash.

**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/fcc-lied-to-congress-about-made-up-ddos-attack-investigation-found/)**

> "[W]e determined the FCC, relying on Bray's explanation of the events, misrepresented facts and provided misleading responses to Congressional inquiries related to this incident," the IG's report said."