One of those groups has the funding and experience to create malware that finds its way into 150000 computers. This group already monitors billions of other devices.

The other is an isolated nation that's decades behind on technology, only recently building weapons that can compete on a global scale, and struggles to feed its starving population.

It wouldn't be the first or even hundredth time that the US gov did something shady and pinned it on an enemy. It's less about the money and more about justifying their expanding powers.