The only reason distros not using systemd were "not affected" is because this particular attack wasn't going after them. They were compromised nevertheless, their compromise was simply consequence-less due to attacker's choices of what to do after the compromise.
The only reason distros not using systemd were "not affected" is because this particular attack wasn't going after them. They were compromised nevertheless, their compromise was simply consequence-less due to attacker's choices of what to do after the compromise.