[dreww]

i hear what you're saying, but lots of the targets in the press would be of interest to a lot of people who are just in it for the money, etc.

[ja30278]

In this case, look at the target data that was recovered from a single control server: http://blogs.mcafee.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ShadyRAT_...

US defense contractors; the governments of US, Canada, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, and India; Democracy/Human Rights groups; mining, security, electronics, power companies.

That seems like an unlikely target list for someone who's in it for the 'lulz'.