[jetru]

YES! None of these news articles seem to address this important question.

Edit: I meant "yes, someone with more knowledge please answer this question". Not "yes, it could be dark matter"

[dnautics]

MACHOs where eliminated as an unlikely consideration a long time ago:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_compact_halo_object

(that doesn't mean it's categorically wrong, just decided to be so unlikely to be correct that it's not worth our time)