> "Reads to me like someone writing viruses that doesn't know a thing about writing viruses"

someone who infected 100,000 machines knows at least 'a thing' about writing viruses

I mean yes, it is a remarkable technical achievement.

To use the analogy of an art thief, this is as if he had simply smashed some glass and made a run for it, without dealing with security systems and whatnot. He might make it out the door, but now the museum has him on video, they have his fingerprints, and they're probably going to get the stolen art back.

A person capable of writing even a simple virus is not an idiot. How can you live in China and not be aware how these things work?