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by natch 3242 days ago
So, to make an analogy representing your position:

Watch the video of this horrendous deadly baseball bat attack. Baseball players do not bludgeon people to death with bats all the time. Therefore, baseball players should never worry that they might be falsely accused of an attack. Oh, and the crime was horrible, so that means the evidence must be pretty good. Q.E.D.

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That's not analogous as the Bat was not developed for Bludgeoning. This was software designed to steal money / cause issues regardless of whom sold it. I don't know anyone in infosec that regularly creates fully functional and marketable platforms. It's also different than exploit proof of concepts, as again, this is designed to steal.
We don't know that he created the malware. He is accused of creating it. How hard is it to understand the difference between being accused and being guilty? It's been explained to death here that they are not the same thing.