Sacrificial pawn?

I'm really confused why this isn't a criminal investigation

Wow this really getting traction in the media here. No details unfortunately and given its a federal system it's likely managed by complacency to the lowest bidder I'm not surprised they don't have a clear details yet (altho I'd imagine they'll have event logs when that one guy who knows splunk come in). Most fed level projects are mandated to use a seam and follow persistence guidelines but nobody seems to actually verify/check this so we will see)

Yeah... this is what an APT does. Can you imagine if China had done it? There would probably be boots on the ground

dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49822556