I don't have an answer to your question, but I'm glad you've highlighted this part of the article. The idea that an attacker "has done all of us a huge favor" by attacking the free software community is so toxic that it needs to be called out, even if it was meant somewhat in jest.

If we don't reject this logic, then we'll get more attackers claiming "just a prank, bro!" and "social experiment!", like the University of Minnesota researchers carrying out human experimentation on kernel developers without their consent:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22410164/linux-kernel-uni...