Aurich Lawson (creative director at Ars) posted a comment[0] in response to a thread about what happened, the article has been pulled and they'll follow-up next week.
[0]: https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards...
Just like in the original thread that was wiped (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47012384), Ars Subscriptors continue to display lack of reading comprehension and jump to defending Condé Nast.
All threads have since been locked:
https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards...
https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/is-there-going-to-be-a...
https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/um-what-happened-to-th...
It’s funny they say the article “may have” run afoul of their journalistic standards. May have is carrying a lot of weight there.