I think to show that it's more than an isolated incident. This is not a piece of research malware that was only deployed in a lab or got picked up on a fileshar

I think to show that it's more than an isolated incident. This is not a piece of research malware that was only deployed in a lab or got picked up on a fileshare. It was found, deployed and operating, on many routers. It alludes to a systematic effort to use this capability, so you probably should take steps to do something about it.