Should we assume this is a question of venality? What if it is being controlled by a foreign superpower with no qualms about conducting cyber-intelligence gathering or disruption?
It's quite extreme and it is questionable that people so smart are looking for something like this, but it often surprise and scares me to what extent humans are able to go.
I surely hope that ultimate disruption is not the plan behind Conficker.
Or a foreign minor-power with delusions of super.