Comment by hibikir
7 hours ago
Because it is speculation, with no special evidence. Could it be for just money? You can sell access to exploited systems in interesting companies for quite a bit of money. Or maybe it was for general use to twist public opinion in the future, not tied to those specific elections. Or just plain spying, We can't be sure, and the net was cast quite narrowly.
One could research where those repos are coming from, and do forensics on who controls the trojan network. But that wasn't done, so right now, it's all speculation. Something can be very worrying without us knowing exactly what the use cases for it will be
Speculation: It probably is just for money. Then the ppl buying, at least some of them, are likely to be engaging in the type of activity described.
Indeed, and it troubles me that people don't know the difference between speculation (no matter how plausible) and analysis based on evidence. The anti-science movement (or impulse) is still pervasive, unfortunately.