content: It's not "defending" them to point out that a sensationalist headline was demonstrably wrong. The source code is available and it's obvious to any coder that it doesn't do what was claimed (programmatically planting incriminating files on a target hard drive). Doesn't justify anything else this code does, but come on man. Facts are important. I agree that this software is highly unethical... but we don't turn off all critical thinking just because we feel more validated by falsehoods than truth.